Charene — girls' name
69 babies named Charene in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
69 girls have been named Charene since 1948, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1980.
- 69
- total births
- 1948–1980
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
45% of everyone ever named Charene was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Charene in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Charene
The Social Security Administration has registered 69 babies named Charene between 1948 and 1980, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Charene performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Charene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Charene in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Charene 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 69 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.
Charene at a glance
Last recorded 1980Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Charene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1948
- Peak year (1958)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1980.
69 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 10 births in a single year.
Charene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 31 births that decade — 45% of Charene's all-time total
Charene decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Charene's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Charene by state
Where Charene concentrates geographically — total births since 1948
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 7.2% |
5 of 69 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 7.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 7.2% 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, 1948–1980 (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.