Carlena — #11120 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Carlena

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,418 babies named Carlena between 1910 and 2024, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carlena currently holds the #11120 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carlena performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 227 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Carlena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Carlena in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carlena 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 1,418 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.