Karolyne
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KA-ro-lin
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Karolyne 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 Karolyne mean?
Germanic: spelling of Carolyne, itself a spelling of Carolyn, a variant of Caroline
“free man”
A spelling of Carolyn, a variant of Caroline, the feminine of Charles.
Meaning borrowed from Carolyne.
Is Karolyne a girl's or a boy's name?
Karolyne 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 Karolyne in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Karolyne, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had more girls named Karolyne than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Karolyne in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Karolyne in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Nicknames for Karolyne
Names like Karolyne
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kennedy, Brynlee, Teagan, Brooklyn, Cassidy, Caroline, Mckenna, Kiara, Kinley, Brielle, Adalynn, Kaylee
Names related to Karolyne
Carolyn, Karolina, Karoline, Koraline, Karolyn, Koralynn, Karaline, Karalyn
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, “Karolyne: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karolyne, updated 20 October 2026.