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Baby name
Caroline
Girl
Origin of the name
Caroline is a feminine form of Charles, which goes back to the Germanic Karl, “free man.”
Classic name
250,410births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 65rank at its peak, in 2000
Where babies named Caroline are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Caroline is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Caroline is most common in South Carolina (1.9 times), District of Columbia (1.8) and Connecticut (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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