Carolyn Name Popularity

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How popular is Carolyn?

Ranking 860th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Carolyn is less frequently given.

Currently in the top 1000, this name has been part of the top 1000 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #10 in 1942.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1947 with 20,743 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Carolyn in any given year was 58 in 1883.

Approximately during the years 1883-1888, 1903-1916, and 1917-1942, the name Carolyn took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1947-1956, 1962-1976, and 1988-1998.

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Carolyn be?

Carolyn's popularity has steadily decreased for some time. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Carolyn has remained about the same.

The name Carolyn still has a solid footing and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Carolyn is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Carolyn (Girl)		Carolyn (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		312	860	< 5	--
2017		324	837	< 5	--
2016		352	809	< 5	--
2015		375	752	< 5	--
2014		374	746	< 5	--
2013		346	786	< 5	--
2012		359	766	< 5	--
2011		371	741	< 5	--
2010		378	736	< 5	--
2009		426	682	< 5	--
2008		448	677	< 5	--
2007		495	606	< 5	--
2006		586	517	< 5	--
2005		625	489	< 5	--
2004		730	418	< 5	--
2003		700	430	< 5	--
2002		820	365	< 5	--
2001		869	346	< 5	--
2000		1,031	308	< 5	--
1999		1,037	296	< 5	--
1998		901	327	< 5	--
1997		1,061	276	< 5	--
1996		1,209	233	< 5	--
1995		1,175	242	6	7,940
1994		1,229	231	< 5	--
1993		1,479	200	< 5	--
1992		1,518	196	< 5	--
1991		1,559	193	7	6,610
1990		1,715	169	9	5,438
1989		1,809	158	17	3,338
1988		1,802	158	8	5,264
1987		1,813	149	11	3,999
1986		1,737	162	11	3,913
1985		1,837	155	10	4,085
1984		1,824	155	9	4,255
1983		1,913	150	10	3,912
1982		2,009	146	8	4,653
1981		1,958	144	10	3,886
1980		1,929	147	7	5,004
1979		2,054	138	7	4,916
1978		2,175	130	10	3,636
1977		2,195	129	11	3,415
1976		2,116	128	6	5,006
1975		2,348	119	7	4,377
1974		2,473	118	8	3,889
1973		2,569	116	11	3,043
1972		2,993	110	13	2,677
1971		3,611	104	7	4,023
1970		4,519	84	13	2,637
1969		5,133	71	17	2,059
1968		5,537	61	16	2,044
1967		5,715	60	26	1,511
1966		6,122	60	20	1,728
1965		6,969	58	22	1,675
1964		8,065	56	26	1,548
1963		8,121	56	32	1,378
1962		9,691	46	28	1,479
1961		10,502	42	25	1,608
1960		9,406	43	25	1,625
1959		9,731	42	33	1,359
1958		10,803	37	32	1,369
1957		11,572	33	25	1,588
1956		10,641	33	32	1,360
1955		11,174	30	31	1,373
1954		12,153	27	29	1,412
1953		12,918	25	30	1,378
1952		14,271	24	38	1,198
1951		15,210	22	35	1,244
1950		15,587	20	25	1,471
1949		17,405	17	29	1,349
1948		18,619	14	40	1,128
1947		20,743	15	46	1,064
1946		19,900	12	47	985
1945		17,244	12	50	898
1944		18,669	11	69	745
1943		20,362	11	76	741
1942		19,979	10	60	841
1941		16,273	11	60	819
1940		12,654	15	46	941
1939		11,292	14	41	994
1938		10,586	15	40	1,012
1937		8,938	20	44	941
1936		7,908	23	30	1,210
1935		6,968	28	23	1,428
1934		6,469	33	22	1,465
1933		5,042	41	19	1,597
1932		4,586	46	14	2,009
1931		4,009	60	17	1,779
1930		3,725	72	20	1,648
1929		3,272	77	10	2,624
1928		2,848	91	9	2,883
1927		2,804	99	8	3,201
1926		2,414	114	< 5	--
1925		2,189	127	9	2,960
1924		2,222	127	5	4,446
1923		2,010	132	7	3,516
1922		1,706	144	< 5	--
1921		1,753	146	< 5	--
1920		1,556	150	< 5	--
1919		1,330	165	< 5	--
1918		1,329	167	< 5	--
1917		1,223	164	5	4,075
1916		1,216	163	< 5	--
1915		1,096	168	10	2,477
1914		835	169	< 5	--
1913		676	170	< 5	--
1912		517	189	< 5	--
1911		387	185	< 5	--
1910		331	199	< 5	--
1909		299	194	< 5	--
1908		280	200	< 5	--
1907		184	254	< 5	--
1906		184	235	< 5	--
1905		210	213	< 5	--
1904		183	227	< 5	--
1903		157	241	< 5	--
1902		179	224	< 5	--
1901		148	237	< 5	--
1900		185	231	< 5	--
1899		141	231	< 5	--
1898		169	225	< 5	--
1897		145	227	< 5	--
1896		149	227	< 5	--
1895		148	227	< 5	--
1894		147	219	< 5	--
1893		146	211	< 5	--
1892		122	239	< 5	--
1891		110	230	< 5	--
1890		124	217	< 5	--
1889		133	199	< 5	--
1888		123	203	< 5	--
1887		97	208	< 5	--
1886		82	222	< 5	--
1885		86	209	< 5	--
1884		75	218	< 5	--
1883		58	234	< 5	--
1882		62	217	< 5	--
1881		60	195	< 5	--
1880		80	163	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.