Carlean — girls' name
608 babies named Carlean in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
20% of everyone ever named Carlean was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Carlean in 1952 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Carlean
The Social Security Administration has registered 608 babies named Carlean between 1910 and 1976, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carlean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Carlean performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Carlean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Carlean in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Carlean in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 608 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Carlean at a glance
Last recorded 1976Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Carlean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1910
- Peak year (1952)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1976.
608 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1952 with 21 births in a single year.
Carlean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 122 births that decade — 20% of Carlean's all-time total
Carlean decade highlights
- Peak decade 122 births
- Runner-up 122 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Carlean's strongest decade
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Carlean by state
Where Carlean concentrates geographically — total births since 1910
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 21 | 3.5% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 11 | 1.8% |
21 of 608 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 3.5% of nationwide
- Alabama 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 3.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1910–1976 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.