Girls' name · since 1936
Careen
Careen has 213 recorded births since 1936 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1962 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,151 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 213
- born since 1936
- 1960s
- peak decade
213 girls have been named Careen since 1936, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Careen has 213 recorded births among girls since 1936, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1936 to 1993.
- #19,151 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 213 born since 1936
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Careen ranks #19,151 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 213 born since 1936, peaking in the 1960s.
- #19,151 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 213
- born since 1936
- 1960s
- peak decade
Careen's 213 recorded births place it above 73.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Careen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Careen's SSA record in two at 1968 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1936, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1962 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Careen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–1993
- Peak year (1962)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Careen by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (63 births, 30% of the file).
1960s was Careen's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Careen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s 17
1940s
17 births
- 1950s 23
1950s
23 births
- 1960s
1960s
63 births
- 1970s
1970s
63 births
- 1980s 25
1980s
25 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 63 births (30% of all-time use).
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What to do with Careen's data
- Careen's decade-level peak was the 1960s (63 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Careen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1962)
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, 1936–1993 (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 Careen 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.