How Many People Are Named Carolena?
An estimated 450 people in the United States have the first name Carolena. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 21 years old, and Carolena peaked in popularity in 2008 with 25 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Carolena as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Carolena paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
450
About 1 in 761,676 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
21
years old
Peak Year
2008
25 births
Total Registered
469
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Carolena
Carolena is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 469 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Carolena as a female name
Ranked #15,687 in 2024
5 female births in 2024
Peak: 2008 (25 births)
Carolena: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Carolena span from the 1930s to the 2020s, covering 10 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 165 babies were registered. Carolena has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Carolena by Decade
How has Carolena tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Carolena by State
Carolena + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Carolena as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Carolena
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Carolena: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Carolena?
We estimate approximately 450 people named Carolena are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 761,676 Americans share this first name.
Is Carolena a common name?
Carolena is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 83.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 469 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Carolena most popular?
Carolena reached peak popularity in 2008, when 25 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Carolena is approximately 21 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Carolena a female name?
Carolena is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Carolena Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Carolena Smith, Carolena Johnson, Carolena Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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