Caroline

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A few things about Caroline you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Caroline

Caroline Wozniacki

Danish tennis player

Choose Caroline and your child shares a first name with Caroline Wozniacki, a Danish tennis player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Caroline, like who?” Caroline Wozniacki's Wikipedia article is available in 72 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 607 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Caroline, 2,646 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Caroline would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryCaroline has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Carolines, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2017, when it reached #55.
• 🍂TrendCaroline has slipped 25 places over the last five years and now sits at #96. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedCaroline is most popular in Alabama, where it ranks #20, followed by Washington, D.C. (#21) and Tennessee (#31). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• 💬MeaningCaroline is a French form of Charles, which means “free”. Our records link it to English, French and Italian roots.

About the name Caroline

Caroline is a girl name of English, French and Italian origin meaning “free”. It has 8 letters and 3 syllables, starting with C and ending in “-ine”. US birth records list Caroline for girls from 1880 to 2025, in 146 of those 146 years. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked #55 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #96, with 2,646 babies.

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