Girls' name · since 1937
Calene
Calene has 65 recorded births since 1937 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1957 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,908 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 65
- born since 1937
- 1950s
- peak decade
65 girls have been named Calene since 1937, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calene has been recorded 65 times among girls since 1937, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1937 to 1994.
- #31,908 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 65 born since 1937
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calene ranks #31,908 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 65 born since 1937, peaking in the 1950s.
- #31,908 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 65
- born since 1937
- 1950s
- peak decade
Calene's 65 recorded births place it above 55.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Calene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Calene's SSA record in two at 1959 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1937, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1957 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Calene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1937–1994
- Peak year (1957)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Calene by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (32 births, 49% of the file).
1950s was Calene's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Calene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
32 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 32 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Calene's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (32 total births) through the 1990s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Calene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~57 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1937–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Calene draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.