girl's name

Carolann

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 7,061

Ireland

#499

1989 births

Carolann is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1946, when 254 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 663,130 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1932.

Carolann over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1930s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,995
'30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Carolann by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1930s 394
1940s 1,995
1950s 986
1960s 786
1970s 260
1980s 377
1990s 451
2000s 254
2010s 122
2020s (to 2025) 27

How popular is Carolann?

In 2025, Carolann was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Carolann is used

Ireland #499 4 in 1989
Scotland #772 3 in 2001
Canada #3,105 11 in 2007
France as Carol-Ann #3,163 5 in 2007
England & Wales as Carol-Ann #5,687 3 in 2009
United States #17,218 5 in 2025

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.

How Carolann is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Carol-Ann Carol-Ann is Carolann written with a hyphen, recorded mostly in Canada. 915
Carol'Ann Carol'Ann is Carolann written with an apostrophe, recorded mostly in France. 10

Names that peaked alongside Carolann

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

Parents who like Carolann also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Carolann over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Carolann

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

Common questions about Carolann

How popular is the name Carolann?

In 2025, Carolann was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Carolann is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Carolann most popular?

Carolann peaked in 1946, when 254 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Carolann a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Carolann currently ranks #17,218 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.