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Carolyn Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Carolyn: every year it appeared on the national list since 1915, with 1,620 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
1,620
Peak year
1943 #741
Years on the list
71
10-year trend
-76.8%

In the 1940s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1915–1995

YearBirthsRank
197810#3639
19797#4918
19807#5007
198110#3890
19828#4652
198310#3918
19849#4256
198510#4089
198611#3914
198711#4003
19888#5266
198917#3338
19909#5438
19917#6610
19956#7943

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1943

NY
6
NC
5

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