Baby name
FADING GIRL · GERMANIC
🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇩🇪 +5 Carolyn
/KAR · uh · lin/
Meaning
“Free woman”
Free woman
Nicknames
carol · carrie · carly · lyn
How it ages.
Carolyn's 1950s-60s peak gives it retro appeal that strengthens rather than weakens with age.
The cultural moment.
Abundant across English-speaking countries; declining in new registrations but generationally rooted.