Carolyn
Girl nameCarolyn has been given to 558,397 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1947.
Meaning & origin /ˈkɛɹəlɪn/
A variant of Caroline with -lyn.
Origin: Germanic languages
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
558,397
Peak year
1947 (20,788 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -51%
Gender split
100% girls / 0% boys
Famous people named Carolyn
Carol Greider
American molecular biologist
Carolyn Bertozzi
American chemist (born 1966)
Carolyn S. Shoemaker
American astronomer, researcher and university teacher
Carolyn Porco
American planetary scientist
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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