Karoline Girl
How popular is Karoline?
#1,710 girl name in 2025
119 baby girls were named Karoline in the US in 2025, making it the 1710th most popular girl name.
Karoline popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,710 for girls (▲ 232 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 119 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-11% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,609 in 2015, #2,416 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2017 (139 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,572 in 2017 |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Karoline counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Caroline family of names ranked #107 for girls in 2025 (#102 the year before), with 3,137 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Caroline | 2,646 | 84% |
| Carolyn | 185 | 6% |
| Karoline | 119 | 4% |
| Carolynn | 45 | 1% |
| Caraline | 15 | 0% |
| Karolyn | 18 | 1% |
| Karaline | 14 | 0% |
| Karlyn | 17 | 1% |
| Carlyn | 12 | 0% |
| Carlynn | 5 | 0% |
| Carolyne | 9 | 0% |
| Karalynn | 7 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Karoline is most popular
Babies named Karoline per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Karoline by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 18 | #3,550 |
| 1920s | 24 | #3,663 |
| 1930s | 32 | #2,970 |
| 1940s | 58 | #2,844 |
| 1950s | 94 | #3,253 |
| 1960s | 231 | #2,039 |
| 1970s | 225 | #2,450 |
| 1980s | 230 | #2,980 |
| 1990s | 519 | #1,913 |
| 2000s | 768 | #1,991 |
| 2010s | 1,115 | #1,572 |
| 2020s | 548 | #1,710 |
Girl names about as popular as Karoline
Questions
- Is Karoline a boy or girl name?
- Karoline is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Karoline were girls.
- How popular is the name Karoline?
- 119 baby girls were named Karoline in the US in 2025, making it the 1710th most popular girl name.
- When was Karoline most popular?
- Karoline peaked in 2017, when 139 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,572 in 2017.
- How many people are named Karoline?
- 3,862 babies have been named Karoline in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,692 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Karoline most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Karoline was most common in Kentucky, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.