CAROLINE is ranked as the 353rd most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 188,513.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 59.12 people named CAROLINE for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named CAROLINE is 163,331.
The SSA data also shows that CAROLINE is used as a girl's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
CAROLINE is
77.7% White,
5.9% Hispanic origin,
11.6% Black,
2.7% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name CAROLINE have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name CAROLINE is included in the following name categories:
Common Swedish feminine given name - SCB Data
French feminine given name
Common Danish feminine given name - DST Data
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
English feminine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name CAROLINE
The state with the most people named
CAROLINE is
California where
20,008 people have this name.
South Carolina is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named CAROLINE, as
127.9 in every 100,000
South Carolinians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
South Carolina is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Texas
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
11 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name CAROLINE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
9,366
72.72
99.5%
Indiana
3,676
55.72
98.9%
Iowa
1,065
34.29
98.1%
Kansas
1,730
59.57
97.8%
Michigan
4,850
48.94
99.5%
Minnesota
2,569
47.07
99.0%
Missouri
1,934
64.61
98.4%
Nebraska
1,288
68.44
97.4%
North Dakota
740
100.04
95.4%
Ohio
8,444
72.83
99.3%
South Dakota
743
87.06
95.3%
Wisconsin
2,815
48.89
99.0%
West States
State stats for the first name CAROLINE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
669
90.8
95.2%
Arizona
4,383
65.11
98.8%
California
20,008
51.56
99.7%
Colorado
4,194
78.3
99.0%
Hawaii
1,030
72.52
98.6%
Idaho
890
54.46
96.8%
Montana
730
71.27
96.0%
Nevada
1,825
64.28
98.3%
New Mexico
1,566
75.09
97.6%
Oregon
3,017
76
98.7%
Utah
1,739
59.1
98.0%
Washington
3,454
48.91
99.2%
Wyoming
476
81.41
94.8%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name CAROLINE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
2,409
66.98
98.8%
Maine
570
42.89
95.0%
Massachusetts
3,746
55.54
98.9%
New Hampshire
729
54.93
96.3%
New Jersey
5,254
58.78
99.3%
New York
12,511
63.36
99.7%
Pennsylvania
11,286
88.26
99.5%
Rhode Island
492
46.64
96.2%
Vermont
737
117.62
97.6%
South States
State stats for the first name CAROLINE
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have CAROLINE as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named CAROLINE.
The most popular full name is CAROLINE Smith.
0.92% of all the people named CAROLINE
have this family name.
There are 19097 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name CAROLINE