Carolena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kar-o-LEE-na
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Carolena is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Carolena mean?
Germanic: variant of Carolina, feminine of Charles
“free man”
A form of Carolina, from Carolus, the Latin form of Charles.
Is Carolena a girl's or a boy's name?
Carolena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carolena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Carolena, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1935.
2025 had more girls named Carolena than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Carolena in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carolena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
Nicknames for Carolena
Names like Carolena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mckenna, Eliana, Ariana, Ximena, Fernanda, Elianna, Sienna, Isabella, Avianna, Brianna, Alora, Solana
Names related to Carolena
Caroline, Carolina, Carolyn, Carolynn, Carlin, Carlyn, Carlene, Carolyne
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Carolena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carolena, updated 20 October 2026.