How Many People Are Named Karolina?
An estimated 4,407 people in the United States have the first name Karolina. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Karolina peaked in popularity in 2007 with 190 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Karolina 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 Karolina paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
4,407
About 1 in 77,775 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
2007
190 births
Total Registered
4,497
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Karolina
Karolina is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 4,497 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Karolina as a female name
Ranked #1,255 in 2024
185 female births in 2024
Peak: 2007 (190 births)
Karolina: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Karolina span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 1,489 babies were registered. While Karolina is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Karolina by Decade
How has Karolina 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.
Karolina by State
Birth registrations for Karolina span all 18 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Illinois, Texas. The lowest are in Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Missouri. On average, about 172 Karolinas were registered per state.
Karolina + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Karolina as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Karolina: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Karolina?
We estimate approximately 4,407 people named Karolina 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 77,775 Americans share this first name.
Is Karolina a common name?
Karolina is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 96.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 4,497 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Karolina most popular?
Karolina reached peak popularity in 2007, when 190 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Karolina is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Karolina a female name?
Karolina is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Karolina Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Karolina Smith, Karolina Johnson, Karolina 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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