Karoline

Meaning: Free man
Origin: Variant of Caroline (from Germanic)

Girl's name · #1718 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Karoline is climbing: on the charts since 1915, it is ranked #1718 in 2025, with about 120 girls given the name last year. Roughly 3,900 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#223 in Norway (2025) · #230 in Austria (2025) · #1,179 in Ecuador (2025).

Famous Karolines

Karoline Leavitt — American writer and political aide (born 1997)
Karoline Herfurth — German actress
Karoline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt — German artist, naturalist, art collector and entomologist (1723–1783)
Karoline von Günderrode — German poet
Karoline Dyhre Breivang — Norwegian handball player

What Karolines become

Among 469 notable people named Karoline:

Medical professionals appear 2.66× more often than among typical names — e.g. Karoline Breitinger, German physician (1851–1932).

Spellings & nicknames

Karoline is a rare spelling of Caroline — about 4% of babies given the name are written this way; Caroline itself ranked #96 in 2025.

Similar names: Carolyn · Shaindy · Carsyn · Adalyne · Raizy · Kapri

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