Name → State Lookup

Enter any baby name to see which US states have the most births of that name. Reverse lookup tool built on 2,335,053 rows of SSA state-level data 1910–2025.

Top States for Carolyn (girls)

474,645 all-time US births Peaked 1947 with 20,741 births (rank #15)

30,210 births · 6.4%

26,497 births · 5.6%

26,007 births · 5.5%

24,592 births · 5.2%

24,309 births · 5.1%

21,999 births · 4.6%

20,446 births · 4.3%

18,741 births · 3.9%

18,592 births · 3.9%

16,570 births · 3.5%

16,145 births · 3.4%

16,067 births · 3.4%

16,058 births · 3.4%

14,114 births · 3%

13,971 births · 2.9%

See cross-state distinctiveness atlas for each state's most-uniquely-owned name, or browse all 51 states.

How it works: Queries name_popularity_state (2,335,053 SSA state-level rows) for the entered name, summed across all years 1910–2025. Top 15 states by total births are returned. Names rare enough to fall under SSA's 5-occurrence privacy threshold may not appear at all. Source: US Social Security Administration · methodology.

Name → State Lookup

Top States for Carolyn (girls)

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