Carlene
Carlene is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 12 births. Its best rank was 378th, in 1936.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 120.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1955370 births
- Best rank
- #378in 1936
- Since 1895
- 15,219people given the name
The story in the numbers
15,219 girls have been named Carlene in the United States since 1895, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1955, with 370 births.
The name has all but left use: 12 births in 2024, against 370 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1953, and the 1950s alone account for 22%. It has spent 52 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Carlene | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 40 | |
| 1910s | 305 | |
| 1920s | 839 | |
| 1930s | 2,273 | |
| 1940s | 3,025 | |
| 1950s | 3,302 | |
| 1960s | 2,389 | |
| 1970s | 1,027 | |
| 1980s | 788 | |
| 1990s | 582 | |
| 2000s | 406 | |
| 2010s | 183 | |
| 2020s | 55 |
In 1955, its biggest year
Carlene was the 473rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1955 were Mary, Deborah, Linda, Debra and Susan. See all of 1955.
Names that rose and fell with Carlene
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Meritapeak 1955
- Marileepeak 1947
- Oraliapeak 1952
- Joannepeak 1947
- Charleenpeak 1947
- Joettapeak 1954
- Darleenpeak 1958
- Jerriepeak 1946
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.