Carolyne
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KA-ro-lin
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Carolyne 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 Carolyne mean?
Germanic: spelling of Carolyn, a variant of Caroline
“free man”
A spelling of Carolyn, a variant of Caroline, the feminine of Charles.
Is Carolyne a girl's or a boy's name?
Carolyne 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 Carolyne in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Carolyne, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 1942, with 108 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the girls named Carolyne in the US since 1880 were born between 1940 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carolyne in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,453 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 37 | #3,991 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,303 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 43 | #3,194 |
| 2000 | 39 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 41 | #3,145 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,911 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,676 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,860 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,073 |
| 1989 | 28 | #3,560 |
| 1988 | 40 | #2,641 |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,328 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,873 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,539 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,404 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 29 | #2,522 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,314 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 22 | #2,585 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,743 |
| 1964 | 28 | #2,305 |
| 1963 | 25 | #2,423 |
| 1962 | 31 | #2,112 |
| 1961 | 30 | #2,149 |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,854 |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,694 |
| 1958 | 29 | #2,072 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,807 |
| 1956 | 27 | #2,102 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,939 |
| 1954 | 51 | #1,408 |
| 1953 | 36 | #1,647 |
| 1952 | 50 | #1,367 |
| 1951 | 41 | #1,461 |
| 1950 | 58 | #1,211 |
| 1949 | 62 | #1,153 |
| 1948 | 68 | #1,069 |
| 1947 | 88 | #941 |
| 1946 | 90 | #873 |
| 1945 | 78 | #850 |
| 1944 | 97 | #774 |
| 1943 | 103 | #762 |
| 1942 | 108 | #717 |
| 1941 | 67 | #894 |
| 1940 | 52 | #989 |
| 1939 | 39 | #1,160 |
| 1938 | 51 | #992 |
| 1937 | 56 | #920 |
| 1936 | 43 | #1,062 |
| 1935 | 38 | #1,135 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1933 | 34 | #1,224 |
| 1932 | 32 | #1,293 |
| 1931 | 40 | #1,127 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,747 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,824 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,783 |
| 1927 | 31 | #1,455 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,771 |
| 1925 | 28 | #1,575 |
| 1924 | 37 | #1,328 |
| 1923 | 29 | #1,520 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,646 |
| 1921 | 25 | #1,723 |
| 1920 | 19 | #2,015 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,801 |
| 1918 | 32 | #1,360 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,470 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,533 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,339 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,601 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,718 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,638 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,416 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,123 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #908 |
Nicknames for Carolyne
Names like Carolyne
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Charlotte Catherine Elaine Eloise Bernadette Claire Jacqueline Maxine Alice Elouise Charlene Adeline
Names related to Carolyne
Caroline Carolina Coraline Carolyn Carolynn Coralynn Carlin Coralyn
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles Myles
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, “Carolyne: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carolyne, updated 20 October 2026.