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Carolan

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 200

Scotland

#571

1976 births

Carolan is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 1998 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1941, when 12 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1940.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Carolan over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 1990s. The striped bar is the 1990s, still in progress — it covers 1990 to 1998, not a full ten years.

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'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90
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Births named Carolan by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 60
1950s 38
1960s 10
1970s 6
1980s 21
1990s (to 1998) 13

How popular is Carolan?

In 1998, Carolan was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Carolan is used

Scotland #571 3 in 1976
Canada #2,406 6 in 1996
France #4,361 5 in 2000
United States #15,390 5 in 1998

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Carolan

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Sibling names for Carolan

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Carolan — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Carolan

How popular is the name Carolan?

In 1998, Carolan was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Carolan a girl's or a boy's name?

Carolan is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Carolan?

Carolan has 3 syllables.

When was Carolan most popular?

Carolan peaked in 1941, when 12 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.