Karlene
Karlene is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 786th, in 1939.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1959104 births
- Best rank
- #786in 1939
- Since 1913
- 4,167people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,167 girls have been named Karlene in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1959, with 104 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1959, and the 1950s alone account for 20%. It has spent 13 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Karlene | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 24 | |
| 1920s | 87 | |
| 1930s | 408 | |
| 1940s | 741 | |
| 1950s | 853 | |
| 1960s | 798 | |
| 1970s | 372 | |
| 1980s | 344 | |
| 1990s | 255 | |
| 2000s | 176 | |
| 2010s | 71 | |
| 2020s | 38 |
In 1959, its biggest year
Karlene was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1959 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Donna. See all of 1959.
Names that rose and fell with Karlene
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Karleenpeak 1964
- Sharlenepeak 1956
- Maryannepeak 1957
- Carleenpeak 1961
- Charlenepeak 1952
- Annitapeak 1956
- Jacqualinepeak 1964
- Evonnepeak 1957
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.