Charlene
Charlene is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 115 births. Its best rank was 100th, in 1949.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1150.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19523,546 births
- Best rank
- #100in 1949
- Since 1888
- 133,629people given the name
The story in the numbers
133,629 girls have been named Charlene in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1952, with 3,546 births — 0.19% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 115 births in 2024, against 3,546 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1955, and the 1950s alone account for 24%. It has spent 93 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 1 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Charlene | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 40 | |
| 1900s | 139 | |
| 1910s | 1,282 | |
| 1920s | 5,570 | |
| 1930s | 13,471 | |
| 1940s | 26,782 | |
| 1950s | 32,718 | |
| 1960s | 24,623 | |
| 1970s | 12,547 | |
| 1980s | 8,938 | |
| 1990s | 3,864 | |
| 2000s | 1,741 | |
| 2010s | 1,348 | |
| 2020s | 561 |
In 1952, its biggest year
Charlene was the 106th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1952 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Deborah and Susan. See all of 1952.
Names that rose and fell with Charlene
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Annitapeak 1956
- Joettapeak 1954
- Carleenpeak 1961
- Roseannpeak 1943
- Charlesettapeak 1952
- Noreenpeak 1948
- Maryannepeak 1957
- Mariannepeak 1957
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.