Karlene

Where Karlene comes from

The dictionaries list Karlene as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #3,187 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1939
    Peak, #785
    76 babies named Karlene — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1961
    Karlene Maywald born
    Australian politician
  4. 1972
    Karlene Haughton born
    Jamaican/Canadian hurdler
  5. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,135.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Karlene Maywald · Australian politician, born 1961
  • Karlene Haughton · Jamaican/Canadian hurdler, born 1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.