Name meaning & stats
Carolina
Carolina means “free woman” (Latin origin). 44,055 US babies since 1940, peak 2004.
What it means
“free woman”
LatinWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2004
44,055 US babies were named Carolina between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Carolina (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 83% of the family
- Carolina 83%
- Karolina 9%
- Carlena 2%
- Carlina 2%
- Carolena 1%
- Karlina 1%
- Karlena 1%
- Carolyna <1%
- Karalina <1%
- Karolyna <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2004)