Carolynn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KA-ro-lin
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #3,388 for girls
Carolynn is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 3,388th for girls in the US (45 babies).
What does Carolynn mean?
Germanic: spelling of Carolyn, a variant of Caroline
“free man”
A spelling of Carolyn, a variant of Caroline, the feminine of Charles.
Is Carolynn a girl's or a boy's name?
Carolynn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 45 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carolynn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,388among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 45about 1 in 36,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 45 girls in the US were named Carolynn, making it the 3,388th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,546th. Its busiest year was 1942, with 169 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.
2025 had more girls named Carolynn than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Carolynn in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 248 girls in the US were given Carolynn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #939, up from #3,388 for this spelling alone.
Carolynn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #3,388 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 43 | #3,593 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 42 | #3,546 |
| 2019 | 53 | #3,043 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 44 | #3,478 |
| 2016 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2015 | 48 | #3,346 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,846 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,935 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,643 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,352 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 52 | #3,188 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,652 |
| 2006 | 48 | #3,367 |
| 2005 | 37 | #3,872 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,486 |
| 2003 | 43 | #3,343 |
| 2002 | 43 | #3,237 |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 56 | #2,628 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 42 | #3,012 |
| 1997 | 45 | #2,730 |
| 1996 | 50 | #2,506 |
| 1995 | 35 | #3,215 |
| 1994 | 46 | #2,656 |
| 1993 | 51 | #2,446 |
| 1992 | 64 | #2,100 |
| 1991 | 45 | #2,654 |
| 1990 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 1989 | 48 | #2,403 |
| 1988 | 50 | #2,246 |
| 1987 | 45 | #2,330 |
| 1986 | 50 | #2,115 |
| 1985 | 37 | #2,600 |
| 1984 | 60 | #1,788 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,960 |
| 1982 | 58 | #1,850 |
| 1981 | 64 | #1,754 |
| 1980 | 55 | #1,936 |
| 1979 | 56 | #1,874 |
| 1978 | 49 | #1,962 |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,774 |
| 1976 | 45 | #1,968 |
| 1975 | 46 | #1,935 |
| 1974 | 49 | #1,801 |
| 1973 | 49 | #1,773 |
| 1972 | 52 | #1,698 |
| 1971 | 63 | #1,546 |
| 1970 | 74 | #1,407 |
| 1969 | 71 | #1,355 |
| 1968 | 82 | #1,196 |
| 1967 | 72 | #1,269 |
| 1966 | 55 | #1,488 |
| 1965 | 73 | #1,256 |
| 1964 | 73 | #1,311 |
| 1963 | 83 | #1,201 |
| 1962 | 103 | #1,064 |
| 1961 | 109 | #1,049 |
| 1960 | 71 | #1,300 |
| 1959 | 97 | #1,078 |
| 1958 | 89 | #1,119 |
| 1957 | 102 | #1,037 |
| 1956 | 91 | #1,075 |
| 1955 | 88 | #1,073 |
| 1954 | 108 | #925 |
| 1953 | 91 | #1,008 |
| 1952 | 122 | #824 |
| 1951 | 104 | #881 |
| 1950 | 108 | #849 |
| 1949 | 130 | #752 |
| 1948 | 139 | #707 |
| 1947 | 168 | #638 |
| 1946 | 163 | #621 |
| 1945 | 143 | #602 |
| 1944 | 165 | #568 |
| 1943 | 160 | #594 |
| 1942 | 169 | #568 |
| 1941 | 123 | #639 |
| 1940 | 107 | #669 |
| 1939 | 70 | #824 |
| 1938 | 70 | #846 |
| 1937 | 66 | #850 |
| 1936 | 38 | #1,150 |
| 1935 | 55 | #937 |
| 1934 | 37 | #1,166 |
| 1933 | 35 | #1,197 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,597 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,875 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,660 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,703 |
| 1928 | 17 | #2,093 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,366 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
Nicknames for Carolynn
Names like Carolynn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Heidi Alison Robin Allison Karla Diana Rosalyn Brynn Melody Cassidy Cassandra Karen
Other spellings of Carolynn
Names related to Carolynn
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, “Carolynn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carolynn, updated 20 October 2026.