Karoline
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KA-ro-line
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #1,710 for girls
Karoline is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 1,710th for girls in the US (119 babies).
What does Karoline mean?
Germanic: spelling of Caroline; French feminine form of Charles, via Latin Carolus
“free man”
Brought to Britain by Caroline of Ansbach, queen consort of George II.
Meaning borrowed from Caroline. More on Wiktionary.
Is Karoline a girl's or a boy's name?
Karoline is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 119 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Karoline in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,710among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 119about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 119 girls in the US were named Karoline, making it the 1,710th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,416th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 139 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had more girls named Karoline than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Karoline in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,765 girls in the US were given Karoline or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #121, up from #1,710 for this spelling alone.
- Caroline 2,646
- Karoline 119
Karoline in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 119 | #1,710 |
| 2024 | 102 | #1,942 |
| 2023 | 83 | #2,244 |
| 2022 | 84 | #2,228 |
| 2021 | 88 | #2,131 |
| 2020 | 72 | #2,416 |
| 2019 | 118 | #1,745 |
| 2018 | 105 | #1,900 |
| 2017 | 139 | #1,572 |
| 2016 | 126 | #1,693 |
| 2015 | 133 | #1,609 |
| 2014 | 107 | #1,876 |
| 2013 | 114 | #1,792 |
| 2012 | 92 | #2,078 |
| 2011 | 87 | #2,173 |
| 2010 | 94 | #2,093 |
| 2009 | 87 | #2,244 |
| 2008 | 79 | #2,419 |
| 2007 | 77 | #2,433 |
| 2006 | 73 | #2,512 |
| 2005 | 75 | #2,356 |
| 2004 | 72 | #2,367 |
| 2003 | 71 | #2,343 |
| 2002 | 77 | #2,155 |
| 2001 | 85 | #1,991 |
| 2000 | 72 | #2,186 |
| 1999 | 70 | #2,150 |
| 1998 | 55 | #2,495 |
| 1997 | 64 | #2,155 |
| 1996 | 75 | #1,913 |
| 1995 | 52 | #2,451 |
| 1994 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 40 | #2,915 |
| 1991 | 49 | #2,513 |
| 1990 | 38 | #2,952 |
| 1989 | 36 | #2,980 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,220 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,083 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 23 | #3,532 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,236 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,512 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,014 |
| 1972 | 22 | #2,976 |
| 1971 | 26 | #2,736 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,450 |
| 1969 | 20 | #3,011 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,969 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1965 | 30 | #2,154 |
| 1964 | 34 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 18 | #2,959 |
| 1962 | 29 | #2,209 |
| 1961 | 27 | #2,298 |
| 1960 | 15 | #3,211 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,488 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,501 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
Nicknames for Karoline
Names like Karoline
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Giselle Selene Alina Avery Arielle Noelle Kennedy Annalise Brielle Miracle Gabrielle Emmeline
Other spellings of Karoline
Names related to Karoline
More Germanic names
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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, “Karoline: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karoline, updated 20 October 2026.