Carolene

Girl · recorded 1917–1976

  • 1976last recorded
  • 1938best year

Most popular in 1938.

Last recorded in 1976. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Carolene.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1917

0142819171932194719611976

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 52 recorded years as a table
Carolene, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19176
19194
19204
19214
19246
19255
19276
19286
19297
19308
19319
193210
193312
193414
193516
193610
193722
193828
193921
194019
194118
194221
194319
194412
194520
194617
194710
194813
194916
19509
19517
195212
19536
19547
19557
19568
19577
19587
19595
19607
19619
19626
19635
19648
19658
19665
19697
19705
19715
19723
19734
19763

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Carolene isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1976
5
Rank in 1976
#9,284
How rare
1 in 293,019 girls
Since 1917
739

Carolene was last recorded in 1976. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1938, at 28 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Carolene doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.