Carolyn
20
Peak · 1999
2023
Last seen
23
Years on list
150
Total babies
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Carolyn
Carolyn is a rare UK girl's name. In 2024, fewer than three girls were registered with this name in England & Wales — the threshold below which the ONS suppresses counts to protect family privacy. It was last on the published list in 2023.
Carolyn reached its peak in 1999, when 20 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,018 for UK girls that year. Since then, registrations have dropped below the ONS reporting threshold of three babies per year.
Across 23 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 150 girls have been officially registered with the name Carolyn in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 23 girls were registered with the name.