# Caroline name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/f/caroline
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Caroline ranked #96 officially for girls in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #104.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #96
- Birth count: 2,646
- Rate per 10,000: 16.46

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Caroline
- Rank: #104
- Birth count: 2,655
- Rate per 10,000: 16.52
- Official count multiplier: 1.00x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.02
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.08
- Expected per school of 300: 0.24
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 7.6%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1881
- Best rank year: 2016
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 48.1%

## Spelling components
- Caroline: 2,646 births
- Carolyne: 9 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology