Carlene
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1936 · 285 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,225since 1895
Carlene over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Carlene has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 |
| 2018 | #6,010 | 20 |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 |
| 2016 | #6,663 | 18 |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 |
| 2011 | #5,728 | 23 |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 |
| 2009 | #4,571 | 32 |
| 2008 | #4,448 | 34 |
| 2007 | #4,675 | 31 |
| 2006 | #4,165 | 35 |
| 2005 | #3,809 | 38 |
| 2004 | #4,172 | 33 |
| 2003 | #3,655 | 38 |
| 2002 | #3,810 | 34 |
| 2001 | #2,924 | 49 |
| 2000 | #2,016 | 82 |
| 1999 | #4,718 | 23 |
| 1998 | #3,116 | 40 |
| 1997 | #3,365 | 34 |
| 1996 | #2,558 | 49 |
| 1995 | #2,244 | 59 |
| 1994 | #2,124 | 64 |
| 1993 | #1,882 | 75 |
| 1992 | #2,010 | 68 |
| 1991 | #1,656 | 90 |
| 1990 | #1,796 | 80 |
| 1989 | #1,787 | 75 |
| 1988 | #1,952 | 62 |
| 1987 | #1,812 | 64 |
| 1986 | #1,657 | 71 |
| 1985 | #1,562 | 77 |
| 1984 | #1,459 | 79 |
| 1983 | #1,423 | 82 |
| 1982 | #1,337 | 93 |
| 1981 | #1,406 | 87 |
| 1980 | #1,299 | 98 |
| 1979 | #1,394 | 88 |
| 1978 | #1,487 | 76 |
| 1977 | #1,498 | 73 |
| 1976 | #1,297 | 84 |
| 1975 | #1,291 | 86 |
| 1974 | #1,082 | 108 |
| 1973 | #1,074 | 107 |
| 1972 | #1,022 | 114 |
| 1971 | #919 | 141 |
| 1970 | #884 | 150 |
| 1969 | #737 | 189 |
| 1968 | #824 | 152 |
| 1967 | #730 | 180 |
| 1966 | #680 | 205 |
| 1965 | #632 | 239 |
| 1964 | #612 | 267 |
| 1963 | #622 | 262 |
| 1962 | #601 | 276 |
| 1961 | #577 | 302 |
| 1960 | #545 | 317 |
| 1959 | #531 | 333 |
| 1958 | #513 | 355 |
| 1957 | #515 | 342 |
| 1956 | #541 | 301 |
| 1955 | #473 | 370 |
| 1954 | #511 | 302 |
| 1953 | #460 | 339 |
| 1952 | #459 | 340 |
| 1951 | #484 | 290 |
| 1950 | #444 | 330 |
| 1949 | #465 | 298 |
| 1948 | #449 | 316 |
| 1947 | #435 | 353 |
| 1946 | #436 | 315 |
| 1945 | #443 | 257 |
| 1944 | #437 | 270 |
| 1943 | #415 | 309 |
| 1942 | #419 | 293 |
| 1941 | #380 | 321 |
| 1940 | #395 | 294 |
| 1939 | #384 | 294 |
| 1938 | #400 | 277 |
| 1937 | #405 | 254 |
| 1936 | #378 | 285 |
| 1935 | #424 | 234 |
| 1934 | #409 | 256 |
| 1933 | #452 | 208 |
| 1932 | #499 | 175 |
| 1931 | #527 | 156 |
| 1930 | #593 | 134 |
| 1929 | #578 | 140 |
| 1928 | #645 | 119 |
| 1927 | #747 | 92 |
| 1926 | #722 | 101 |
| 1925 | #905 | 67 |
| 1924 | #845 | 79 |
| 1923 | #912 | 64 |
| 1922 | #978 | 58 |
| 1921 | #1,017 | 54 |
| 1920 | #903 | 65 |
| 1919 | #984 | 53 |
| 1918 | #1,061 | 47 |
| 1917 | #1,054 | 45 |
| 1916 | #1,167 | 37 |
| 1915 | #1,025 | 42 |
| 1914 | #1,147 | 28 |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 |
| 1912 | #1,477 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
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| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 |
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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.
Where Carlene is popular in 1930
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Maine#156 · 1 in 805
- Iowa#315 · 1 in 3,123
- Oklahoma#341 · 1 in 2,377
- Massachusetts#341 · 1 in 6,338
- Illinois#360 · 1 in 4,400
Best ever in a state: #74 in Vermont, 1933.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #156 | 8 | 1 in 805 |
| Iowa | #315 | 6 | 1 in 3,123 |
| Massachusetts | #341 | 5 | 1 in 6,338 |
| Oklahoma | #341 | 10 | 1 in 2,377 |
| Illinois | #360 | 13 | 1 in 4,400 |
| Tennessee | #361 | 8 | 1 in 3,358 |
| Kentucky | #403 | 7 | 1 in 3,901 |
| Georgia | #436 | 6 | 1 in 5,055 |
| North Carolina | #447 | 6 | 1 in 5,911 |
| Mississippi | #466 | 5 | 1 in 4,417 |
| Ohio | #536 | 5 | 1 in 10,418 |
| New York | #662 | 6 | 1 in 15,979 |
| Texas | #824 | 6 | 1 in 9,922 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,592 (1895) | #1,592 |
| 1900s | 40 | #1,135 (1908) | #1,592 |
| 1910s | 305 | #984 (1919) | #1,225 |
| 1920s | 839 | #578 (1929) | #825 |
| 1930s | 2,273 | #378 (1936) | #447 |
| 1940s | 3,026 | #380 (1941) | #427 |
| 1950s | 3,302 | #444 (1950) | #493 |
| 1960s | 2,389 | #545 (1960) | #656 |
| 1970s | 1,027 | #884 (1970) | #1,195 |
| 1980s | 788 | #1,299 (1980) | #1,569 |
| 1990s | 582 | #1,656 (1991) | #2,547 |
| 2000s | 406 | #2,016 (2000) | #3,825 |
| 2010s | 183 | #5,728 (2011) | #6,669 |
| 2020s | 60 | #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 1930
girls
#593
134 births · 1 in 8,402 girls
Top girls' names in 1930
More about 1930
girls
1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 8,402 of them was named Carlene, which outranked 88.7% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).