Carlene — #8426 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Carlene

The Social Security Administration has registered 15,219 babies named Carlene between 1895 and 2024, spanning 130 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carlene currently holds the #8426 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 370 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carlene performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 3,302 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Carlene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,202 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Carlene in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carlene 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 15,219 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.