Caroline
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name borrowed from French.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Caroline (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Caroline has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 240 |
| 1999 | 187 |
| 2000 | 132 |
| 2001 | 122 |
| 2002 | 109 |
| 2003 | 75 |
| 2004 | 63 |
| 2005 | 43 |
| 2006 | 36 |
| 2007 | 41 |
| 2008 | 27 |
| 2009 | 20 |
| 2010 | 30 |
| 2011 | 15 |
| 2012 | 17 |
| 2013 | 12 |
| 2014 | 13 |
| 2015 | 15 |
| 2016 | 16 |
| 2017 | 19 |
| 2018 | 11 |
| 2019 | 11 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 7 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 17,137 |
| 2000 | 17,418 |
| 2001 | 17,677 |
| 2002 | 17,925 |
| 2003 | 18,167 |
| 2004 | 18,332 |
| 2005 | 18,369 |
| 2006 | 18,482 |
| 2007 | 18,505 |
| 2008 | 18,589 |
| 2009 | 18,607 |
| 2010 | 18,619 |
| 2011 | 18,610 |
| 2012 | 18,639 |
| 2013 | 18,626 |
| 2014 | 18,639 |
| 2015 | 18,643 |
| 2016 | 18,665 |
| 2017 | 18,677 |
| 2018 | 18,712 |
| 2019 | 18,714 |
| 2020 | 18,727 |
Caroline in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Caroline.Hi! My name is Caroline.
- Caroline har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Caroline has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Caroline kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Caroline is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Carolines mamma är lärare.Caroline's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Carolines mamma is Caroline's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Caroline
How do you pronounce Caroline in Swedish?
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What does the name Caroline mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name borrowed from French.
How popular is Caroline in Sweden?
7 babies were named Caroline in 2022. In 2020, 18,727 people in Sweden had Caroline as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.