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How popular is “Carolyne” in the USA?

Number of people named “Carolyne” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Carolyne” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Carolyne” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Carolyne” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Carolyne” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Carolyne” by birth year

This chart shows how “Carolyne” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1882 5 0.00002257 5 100%
1895 9 0.00002564 9 100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 100%
1912 11 0.000011133 11 100%
1913 14 0.000012312 14 100%
1914 8 0.000005648 8 100%
1915 28 0.00001528 28 100%
1916 24 0.000012407 24 100%
1917 26 0.000012956 26 100%
1918 32 0.000014739 32 100%
1919 21 0.000009951 21 100%
1920 19 0.000008397 19 100%
1921 25 0.000010709 25 100%
1922 26 0.000011358 26 100%
1923 29 0.000012595 29 100%
1924 37 0.000015536 37 100%
1925 28 0.000012 28 100%
1926 23 0.000010018 23 100%
1927 31 0.000013366 31 100%
1928 22 0.00000973 22 100%
1929 20 0.000009123 20 100%
1930 21 0.000009445 21 100%
1931 40 0.000019008 40 100%
1932 32 0.000015157 32 100%
1933 34 0.000017005 34 100%
1934 24 0.000011556 24 100%
1935 38 0.000018183 38 100%
1936 43 0.000020697 43 100%
1937 56 0.000026283 56 100%
1938 51 0.00002305 51 100%
1939 39 0.0000177 39 100%
1940 52 0.000022582 52 100%
1941 67 0.000027499 67 100%
1942 108 0.000039534 108 100%
1943 103 0.000036492 103 100%
1944 97 0.000036058 97 100%
1945 78 0.000029402 78 100%
1946 90 0.000028166 90 100%
1947 88 0.000024429 88 100%
1948 68 0.000019696 68 100%
1949 62 0.000017792 62 100%
1950 58 0.000016556 58 100%
1951 41 0.00001113 41 100%
1952 50 0.000013165 50 100%
1953 36 0.000009342 36 100%
1954 51 0.000012812 51 100%
1955 30 0.000007472 30 100%
1956 27 0.000006549 27 100%
1957 36 0.000008567 36 100%
1958 29 0.000007015 29 100%
1959 42 0.000010101 42 100%
1960 37 0.000008907 37 100%
1961 30 0.000007242 30 100%
1962 31 0.000007682 31 100%
1963 25 0.000006316 25 100%
1964 28 0.000007202 28 100%
1965 20 0.000005517 20 100%
1966 22 0.00000633 22 100%
1967 20 0.000005891 20 100%
1968 16 0.000004736 16 100%
1969 13 0.000003741 13 100%
1970 29 0.000008041 29 100%
1971 13 0.000003787 13 100%
1972 18 0.000005727 18 100%
1973 18 0.000005966 18 100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 100%
1975 9 0.000002981 9 100%
1976 19 0.000006262 19 100%
1977 13 0.000004093 13 100%
1978 17 0.000005356 17 100%
1979 19 0.000005711 19 100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 100%
1981 19 0.000005492 19 100%
1982 16 0.000004561 16 100%
1983 16 0.00000462 16 100%
1984 20 0.000005733 20 100%
1985 23 0.000006444 23 100%
1986 14 0.000003936 14 100%
1987 27 0.000007488 27 100%
1988 40 0.000010825 40 100%
1989 28 0.000007283 28 100%
1990 36 0.000009108 36 100%
1991 25 0.000006418 25 100%
1992 27 0.000007029 27 100%
1993 29 0.000007692 29 100%
1994 24 0.000006456 24 100%
1995 20 0.000005461 20 100%
1996 26 0.000007129 26 100%
1997 22 0.000006068 22 100%
1998 29 0.000007884 29 100%
1999 41 0.000011099 41 100%
2000 39 0.000010318 39 100%
2001 43 0.000011487 43 100%
2002 32 0.00000856 32 100%
2003 30 0.00000789 30 100%
2004 32 0.000008375 32 100%
2005 32 0.000008323 32 100%
2006 37 0.000009352 37 100%
2007 30 0.000007504 30 100%
2008 29 0.000007378 29 100%
2009 19 0.000004974 19 100%
2010 19 0.000005141 19 100%
2011 24 0.000006561 24 100%
2012 18 0.000004922 18 100%
2013 21 0.00000576 21 100%
2014 32 0.000008634 32 100%
2015 30 0.000008106 30 100%
2016 23 0.000006269 23 100%
2017 25 0.000006991 25 100%
2018 19 0.000005404 19 100%
2019 19 0.000005474 19 100%
2020 14 0.000004191 14 100%
2021 8 0.000002361 8 100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 100%
2023 13 0.000003926 13 100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 100%

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