The first name Karoline

In 2025, 3 girls were named Karoline, making it the 5,927th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2002, with 4 births (#3,409).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Karoline with other names.

In 2025, 119 girls born in the United States were named Karoline, the 1,718th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2017, when 139 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Karoline Leavitt
  American writer and political aide (born 1997)
• Karoline Herfurth
  German actress, born 1984
• Princess Auguste Karoline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
  German noble (1764-1788)
• Karoline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt
  German artist, naturalist, art collector and entomologist (1723-1783)
• Karoline Schuch
  German actress, born 1981
• Karoline Eichhorn
  German actress, born 1965
• Karoline Edtstadler
  Austrian lawyer and politician, born 1981
• Karoline Pichler
  Austrian writer, 1769–1843
• Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg
  Countess of Erbach-Schönberg by birth and by marriage Princess of Reuss-Ebersdorf, 1727–1796
• Karoline de Souza
  Brazilian handball player, born 1990
• Karoline Jagemann
  German opera singer, 1777–1848
• Karoline Smidt Nielsen
  Association football player, born 1994

How popular is the name Karoline?

In 2025, 3 girls born in England and Wales were named Karoline, ranking 5,927th. Its peak was 2002, with 4 births.

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

Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 3,862 US babies named Karoline since 1880 were girls.

When was Karoline most popular?

2017 in the United States, when 139 babies were named Karoline, its highest rank at 1,576th.

What name is Karoline a form of?

Karoline is a form of Caroline.