Karolina
Karolina, Karolína or Karolīna is a feminine given name. Karolina is a Croatian, Danish, Faroese, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Slovene, and Swedish name. Karolína is a Czech, Icelandic and Slovak name that is a form of Karolina and Carolina and a diminutive form of Karola and Carola. Karolīna is a Latvian name.
Meaning & Origin of Karolina
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Karolina, Karolína or Karolīna is a feminine given name. Karolina is a Croatian, Danish, Faroese, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Slovene, and Swedish name. Karolína is a Czech, Icelandic and Slovak name that is a form of Karolina and Carolina and a diminutive form of Karola and Carola. Karolīna is a Latvian name.
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The Story of Karolina
Karolina first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1917, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 196 Karolinas were born — ranking #1,204 that year. As of 2026, Karolina ranks #1,204 for baby girls with 196 births, rising sharply (+52% over the past five years). In total, more than 5K Karolinas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Karolina
Karolina is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Karolina's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #1,204. Use the chart and map above to compare Karolina's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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