Karlene
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161
- Peak · girls
- 1939 · 76 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,167since 1913
Karlene over time
Rank among girls' names. Karlene has never cracked the top 700 here.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 |
| 2001 | #4,321 | 28 |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 |
| 1996 | #3,505 | 32 |
| 1995 | #3,422 | 32 |
| 1994 | #3,704 | 29 |
| 1993 | #2,725 | 44 |
| 1992 | #4,382 | 23 |
| 1991 | #3,443 | 31 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 |
| 1989 | #2,618 | 43 |
| 1988 | #2,803 | 37 |
| 1987 | #3,524 | 25 |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 |
| 1985 | #2,484 | 39 |
| 1984 | #2,851 | 31 |
| 1983 | #2,475 | 37 |
| 1982 | #2,770 | 33 |
| 1981 | #2,488 | 38 |
| 1980 | #2,537 | 37 |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 |
| 1978 | #2,801 | 29 |
| 1977 | #2,557 | 33 |
| 1976 | #2,602 | 30 |
| 1975 | #2,196 | 38 |
| 1974 | #1,961 | 43 |
| 1973 | #2,455 | 30 |
| 1972 | #2,135 | 36 |
| 1971 | #1,665 | 55 |
| 1970 | #1,653 | 56 |
| 1969 | #1,635 | 54 |
| 1968 | #1,375 | 66 |
| 1967 | #1,255 | 73 |
| 1966 | #1,241 | 75 |
| 1965 | #1,292 | 70 |
| 1964 | #1,219 | 82 |
| 1963 | #1,158 | 89 |
| 1962 | #1,090 | 99 |
| 1961 | #1,122 | 96 |
| 1960 | #1,117 | 94 |
| 1959 | #1,047 | 104 |
| 1958 | #1,051 | 99 |
| 1957 | #1,067 | 95 |
| 1956 | #1,116 | 85 |
| 1955 | #1,142 | 76 |
| 1954 | #1,154 | 74 |
| 1953 | #1,018 | 89 |
| 1952 | #1,067 | 78 |
| 1951 | #1,050 | 78 |
| 1950 | #1,064 | 75 |
| 1949 | #992 | 82 |
| 1948 | #939 | 85 |
| 1947 | #926 | 92 |
| 1946 | #912 | 84 |
| 1945 | #994 | 60 |
| 1944 | #918 | 70 |
| 1943 | #916 | 72 |
| 1942 | #864 | 79 |
| 1941 | #1,006 | 53 |
| 1940 | #894 | 64 |
| 1939 | #785 | 76 |
| 1938 | #931 | 58 |
| 1937 | #856 | 65 |
| 1936 | #909 | 56 |
| 1935 | #1,197 | 35 |
| 1934 | #1,221 | 34 |
| 1933 | #1,330 | 29 |
| 1932 | #1,520 | 25 |
| 1931 | #1,803 | 19 |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 |
| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Karlene! It came in at #3,187, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Karlene is popular in 1939
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#255 · 1 in 2,161
- Iowa#331 · 1 in 3,815
- Michigan#487 · 1 in 8,299
- Ohio#496 · 1 in 8,400
- California#534 · 1 in 6,516
Best ever in a state: #238 in Iowa, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #255 | 5 | 1 in 2,161 |
| Iowa | #331 | 5 | 1 in 3,815 |
| Michigan | #487 | 5 | 1 in 8,299 |
| Ohio | #496 | 6 | 1 in 8,400 |
| California | #534 | 7 | 1 in 6,516 |
| New York | #701 | 5 | 1 in 17,038 |
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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.
See more about Karlene
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 288 spots in 1936 (#1,197 → #909)
- Biggest drop: 112 spots in 1941 (#894 → #1,006)
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1939 at #785 (76 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 33 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1942–1949
- Highest: 1 in 14,429 girls born in 1939 were named Karlene (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 20.5% of all girls named Karlene (853) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 24 | #3,187 (1913) | #3,791 |
| 1920s | 87 | #2,284 (1928) | #3,636 |
| 1930s | 408 | #785 (1939) | #1,324 |
| 1940s | 741 | #864 (1942) | #936 |
| 1950s | 853 | #1,018 (1953) | #1,078 |
| 1960s | 798 | #1,090 (1962) | #1,250 |
| 1970s | 372 | #1,653 (1970) | #2,357 |
| 1980s | 344 | #2,475 (1983) | #2,810 |
| 1990s | 255 | #2,725 (1993) | #4,549 |
| 2000s | 176 | #4,321 (2001) | #7,283 |
| 2010s | 71 | #8,299 (2017) | #12,749 |
| 2020s | 38 | #8,953 (2020) | #11,959 |
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.
Karlene in 1939
Top girls' names in 1939
More about 1939
girls
1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 14,429 of them was named Karlene, which outranked 84.1% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).