girl's name

Karolina

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 4
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 7,035

Northern Ireland

#511

2015 births

Karolina is a girl's name with 4 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 177 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2007, when 190 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 18,731 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1917.
  • 4 syllables, with the stress on syllable 3.

Karolina over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,489
'10 '20 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Karolina by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 10
1920s 5
1960s 10
1970s 38
1980s 176
1990s 798
2000s 1,489
2010s 1,242
2020s (to 2025) 908

How popular is Karolina?

In 2025, Karolina was given to 177 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Karolina is used

Northern Ireland #511 3 in 2015
Scotland #561 6 in 2018
Ireland #852 4 in 2024
United States #1,270 177 in 2025
England & Wales #2,241 13 in 2025
Canada #2,652 8 in 2024
France #3,210 10 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.

Names that peaked alongside Karolina

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

Parents who like Karolina also like

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

Karolina in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

French
Karole
Silesian
Karole
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Carolyn Karolyn Carolyne

Sibling names for Karolina

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

Common questions about Karolina

How popular is the name Karolina?

In 2025, Karolina was given to 177 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Karolina is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Karolina?

Karolina has 4 syllables.

When was Karolina most popular?

Karolina peaked in 2007, when 190 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Karolina a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Karolina currently ranks #1,270 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.