Charlane — girls' name

What the Data Says About Charlane

The Social Security Administration has registered 237 babies named Charlane between 1932 and 1972, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charlane currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Charlane performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Charlane shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Charlane in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Charlane 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 237 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.