Spellings
Caroline or Karoline?
In the US in 2025, 96% of babies in this name family were spelled Caroline and 4% Karoline. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Caroline already led in 2015, with 97% of the family's births; it has 96% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 4,466 to 2,765 births (−38%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline | 4,333 | 2,646 | −39% |
| Karoline | 133 | 119 | −11% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈkærəlaɪn/ (KARE-uh-line). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Caroline 40 births (#884 among girls). The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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