Usage
Caroline was well-used in France throughout the 20th century and the early 21st century. It was among the top 100 names for French girls between 1900 and 1907 and again from 1958 to 2002. It has since declined in use in French-speaking countries. [2] In Belgium, Caroline was also among the top 100 names for girls in the 1990s and early 2000s. [3]
In Scotland, Caroline was among the top 100 names for Scottish girls between 1935 and 1993, and was most popular from the 1950s to the 1970s. [4] In England and Wales, the name was among the 100 most popular names for girls in the early 20th century and again between 1944 and 1984. It was most popular between 1964 and 1974, when it was among the top 20 names for British girls. [5] It was also among the top 100 names for girls in Ireland between 1964 and 1997, and was a top 10 name for Irish girls between 1973 and 1980. [6]
In New Zealand, the name was among the 100 most popular names for girls between 1957 and 1985. [7] It was similarly popular in Australia, where it was a top 100 name for girls from the late 1950s through the early 1980s. [8]
Caroline has been among the 1,000 most popular given names for girls in the United States since 1880. Its greatest popularity was between 1880 and 1893, when it was among the 100 most popular names for American girls. It then declined in use, but rose again in popularity beginning in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The increase in usage during this timeframe coincided with the 1957 birth of Princess Caroline of Monaco, daughter of the American film star Grace Kelly, and the 1957 birth of Caroline Kennedy, who was much photographed from 1961 to 1963 during the presidential administration of her father, American president John F. Kennedy. The name has been among the 100 most popular names for American girls since 1994. [9] In Canada, the name was among the 100 most popular names for girls during the 1960s and again in the late 1970s and early 1980s. [10] In French-speaking Quebec, Canada, Caroline was among the 100 most popular names for French-Canadian girls between 1980 and 2000, and was a top 10 name between 1980 and 1986. [11]
In Norway, Caroline was among the top 100 names for girls from the early 1980s through 2010. [12] In Denmark, Caroline was among the 50 most popular names for girls between the early 1990s and 2018, and was a top 10 name between 1997 and 2010. [13] It was among the top 100 names for girls in Sweden in the late 1990s and early 2000s. [14]
In Brazil, Caroline was among the top 100 names between 1980 and 2000. [15]
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