Carolyna
Girl · kar-o-LY-na · Germanic
Carolyna is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Carolyna mean?
Germanic: variant of Carolina, a feminine form of Latin Carolus (Charles)
“free man”
Variant of Carolina, a feminine form of Carolus, the Latin form of Charles.
- Say it
- kar-o-LY-na
Is Carolyna a girl's or a boy's name?
Carolyna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carolyna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Carolyna, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2002, with 10 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had more girls named Carolyna than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Carolyna in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carolyna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
Nicknames for Carolyna
- Carol 11 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Carolyna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mckenna Cassidy Kiara Brooklyn Brianna Isabella Teagan Sienna Elianna Kennedy Fernanda Fiona
Names related to Carolyna
Caroline Carolina Carolyn Carolynn Coralynn Carlin Coralyn Karolyn
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