Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Caraline isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Caraline through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,108
- 0 boys · 1,108 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 55 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,206 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −45%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,206 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 44.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 55 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 966 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Caraline’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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