Charlene
#1,942 for girls in 2025, 99 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1949 · 3,541 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 133,729since 1888
Charlene over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,942 | 99 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,753 | 115 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,934 | 102 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,828 | 111 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,780 | 114 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,704 | 119 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,833 | 111 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,813 | 112 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,465 | 153 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,534 | 147 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,532 | 146 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,427 | 159 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,761 | 116 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,612 | 134 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,612 | 134 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,593 | 136 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,584 | 142 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,521 | 153 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,332 | 182 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,260 | 190 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,262 | 178 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,127 | 202 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,267 | 165 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,197 | 170 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,212 | 168 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,081 | 191 | — | |
| 1999 | #990 | 208 | — | |
| 1998 | #845 | 252 | — | |
| 1997 | #702 | 307 | — | |
| 1996 | #720 | 291 | — | |
| 1995 | #686 | 310 | — | |
| 1994 | #569 | 406 | — | |
| 1993 | #558 | 427 | — | |
| 1992 | #508 | 473 | — | |
| 1991 | #460 | 531 | — | |
| 1990 | #395 | 659 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #361 | 710 | — | |
| 1988 | #350 | 707 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #304 | 804 | — | |
| 1986 | #306 | 785 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #277 | 902 | — | |
| 1984 | #261 | 936 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #244 | 961 | — | |
| 1982 | #238 | 1,060 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #248 | 1,003 | — | |
| 1980 | #240 | 1,070 | — | |
| 1979 | #258 | 935 | — | |
| 1978 | #253 | 936 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #234 | 1,068 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #225 | 1,081 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #226 | 1,073 | — | |
| 1974 | #237 | 1,070 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #211 | 1,206 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #195 | 1,462 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #177 | 1,733 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #167 | 1,983 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #163 | 1,996 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #166 | 1,948 | — | |
| 1967 | #160 | 2,076 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #159 | 2,187 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #142 | 2,590 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #144 | 2,807 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #149 | 2,729 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #158 | 2,563 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #150 | 2,834 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #148 | 2,894 | #2,315 | 13 |
| 1959 | #153 | 2,746 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #138 | 3,067 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #136 | 3,149 | #2,190 | 14 |
| 1956 | #132 | 3,275 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #130 | 3,301 | #2,219 | 13 |
| 1954 | #126 | 3,241 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #113 | 3,504 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #106 | 3,546 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #103 | 3,441 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #103 | 3,448 | — | |
| 1949 | #100 | 3,541 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #105 | 3,487 | — | |
| 1947 | #105 | 3,477 | — | |
| 1946 | #107 | 3,037 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #114 | 2,388 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | #109 | 2,433 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #121 | 2,354 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #117 | 2,319 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #125 | 2,060 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #145 | 1,686 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #139 | 1,704 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #143 | 1,673 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #141 | 1,581 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #145 | 1,482 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #146 | 1,395 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #151 | 1,344 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #156 | 1,174 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #170 | 1,123 | — | |
| 1931 | #179 | 1,008 | — | |
| 1930 | #195 | 987 | — | |
| 1929 | #200 | 932 | — | |
| 1928 | #215 | 854 | — | |
| 1927 | #221 | 833 | — | |
| 1926 | #276 | 581 | — | |
| 1925 | #274 | 587 | — | |
| 1924 | #316 | 449 | — | |
| 1923 | #329 | 390 | — | |
| 1922 | #363 | 332 | — | |
| 1921 | #378 | 318 | — | |
| 1920 | #383 | 294 | — | |
| 1919 | #429 | 233 | — | |
| 1918 | #417 | 248 | — | |
| 1917 | #452 | 203 | — | |
| 1916 | #497 | 169 | — | |
| 1915 | #555 | 133 | — | |
| 1914 | #601 | 89 | — | |
| 1913 | #594 | 75 | — | |
| 1912 | #632 | 61 | — | |
| 1911 | #686 | 40 | — | |
| 1910 | #768 | 31 | — | |
| 1909 | #761 | 28 | — | |
| 1908 | #723 | 29 | — | |
| 1907 | #871 | 19 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,057 | 13 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,001 | 13 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,009 | 12 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Charlene! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Charlene
- 189 spots since 2024 (#1,753 → #1,942)
- 238 spots since 2020 (#1,704 → #1,942)
- 410 spots since 2015 (#1,532 → #1,942)
- Biggest jump: 283 spots in 1907 (#1,154 → #871)
- Biggest drop: 145 spots in 1999 (#845 → #990)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1949 at #100 (3,541 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 1949
- Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1907–1999
- Highest: 1 in 483 girls born in 1949 were named Charlene (0.21%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,235 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 24.5% of all girls named Charlene (32,718) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,276 (1888) | #1,276 |
| 1890s | 40 | #1,009 (1898) | #1,220 |
| 1900s | 139 | #723 (1908) | #1,167 |
| 1910s | 1,282 | #417 (1918) | #563 |
| 1920s | 5,570 | #200 (1929) | #296 |
| 1930s | 13,471 | #139 (1939) | #157 |
| 1940s | 26,782 | #100 (1949) | #115 |
| 1950s | 32,718 | #103 (1950) | #124 |
| 1960s | 24,624 | #142 (1965) | #154 |
| 1970s | 12,547 | #167 (1970) | #218 |
| 1980s | 8,938 | #238 (1982) | #283 |
| 1990s | 3,864 | #395 (1990) | #643 |
| 2000s | 1,741 | #1,081 (2000) | #1,284 |
| 2010s | 1,348 | #1,427 (2014) | #1,618 |
| 2020s | 660 | #1,704 (2020) | #1,824 |
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.
Charlene in 1970
Top girls' names in 1970
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 882 of them was named Charlene, which outranked 98.2% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 265,461 of them was named Charlene, which outranked 29.4% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).