Carlene

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births

Peak · girls
#378
1936 · 285 births
Debut · girls
1895
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,225
since 1895

Carlene over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Carlene has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #378, 1936girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#14,9425
2024#8,44312
2023#12,1977
2022#7,28115
2021#10,2929
2020#8,40612
2019#7,71614
2018#6,01020
2017#7,09216
2016#6,66318
2015#6,97717
2014#6,45119
2013#6,72918
2012#7,14417
2011#5,72823
2010#6,18221
2009#4,57132
2008#4,44834
2007#4,67531
2006#4,16535
2005#3,80938
2004#4,17233
2003#3,65538
2002#3,81034
2001#2,92449
2000#2,01682
1999#4,71823
1998#3,11640
1997#3,36534
1996#2,55849
1995#2,24459
1994#2,12464
1993#1,88275
1992#2,01068
1991#1,65690
1990#1,79680
1989#1,78775
1988#1,95262
1987#1,81264
1986#1,65771
1985#1,56277
1984#1,45979
1983#1,42382
1982#1,33793
1981#1,40687
1980#1,29998
1979#1,39488
1978#1,48776
1977#1,49873
1976#1,29784
1975#1,29186
1974#1,082108
1973#1,074107
1972#1,022114
1971#919141
1970#884150
1969#737189
1968#824152
1967#730180
1966#680205
1965#632239
1964#612267
1963#622262
1962#601276
1961#577302
1960#545317
1959#531333
1958#513355
1957#515342
1956#541301
1955#473370
1954#511302
1953#460339
1952#459340
1951#484290
1950#444330
1949#465298
1948#449316
1947#435353
1946#436315
1945#443257
1944#437270
1943#415309
1942#419293
1941#380321
1940#395294
1939#384294
1938#400277
1937#405254
1936#378285
1935#424234
1934#409256
1933#452208
1932#499175
1931#527156
1930#593134
1929#578140
1928#645119
1927#74792
1926#722101
1925#90567
1924#84579
1923#91264
1922#97858
1921#1,01754
1920#90365
1919#98453
1918#1,06147
1917#1,05445
1916#1,16737
1915#1,02542
1914#1,14728
1913#1,40517
1912#1,47714
1911#1,30013
1910#1,6349
1909#1,4719
1908#1,13513
1907#2,0615
1906#1,4168
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First appearance
1895

The first year at least five girls were named Carlene! It came in at #1,592, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1895–1905, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Carlene
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 6,499 spots since 2024 (#8,443 → #14,942)
  • 6,536 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #14,942)
  • 7,965 spots since 2015 (#6,977 → #14,942)
  • Biggest jump: 183 spots in 1926 (#905 → #722)
  • Biggest drop: 147 spots in 1970 (#737 → #884)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1895
  • Peaked 1936 at #378 (285 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 35 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 52 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1922–1971
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,650
  • Highest: 1 in 3,650 girls born in 1936 were named Carlene (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 21.7% of all girls named Carlene (3,302) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,592 (1895)#1,592
1900s40#1,135 (1908)#1,592
1910s305#984 (1919)#1,225
1920s839#578 (1929)#825
1930s2,273#378 (1936)#447
1940s3,026#380 (1941)#427
1950s3,302#444 (1950)#493
1960s2,389#545 (1960)#656
1970s1,027#884 (1970)#1,195
1980s788#1,299 (1980)#1,569
1990s582#1,656 (1991)#2,547
2000s406#2,016 (2000)#3,825
2010s183#5,728 (2011)#6,669
2020s60#7,281 (2022)#10,260

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Carlene in 1915

girls
#1,025
42 births · 1 in 23,425 girls

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #1,025Carlene42
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 23,425 of them was named Carlene, which outranked 79.4% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carlene
  1. #1,012Nila43
  2. #1,012Roy43
  3. #1,012Vilma43
  4. #1,025Carlene42
  5. #1,025Dorine42
  6. #1,025Ellamae42
  7. #1,025Florance42
  8. #1,040Claribel41
  9. #1,040Dee41
  10. #1,040Elberta41

Tied with 14 names at #1,025; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. ↑ 500Gerda#1,444 → #944
  2. ↑ 451Theda#1,034 → #583
  3. ↑ 441Dominga#1,385 → #944
  4. ↑ 354Vernon#1,344 → #990
  5. ↑ 308Loyce#1,147 → #839
Fallers
  1. ↓ 383Drusilla#956 → #1,339
  2. ↓ 342Rossie#798 → #1,140
  3. ↓ 335Arlie#855 → #1,190
  4. ↓ 329Orene#956 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 329Margot#988 → #1,317

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1915 →