Charleen — #12177 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Charleen

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,383 babies named Charleen between 1911 and 2024, spanning 114 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charleen currently holds the #12177 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 231 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Charleen performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 1,655 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Charleen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 926 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Charleen in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Charleen 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 7,383 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.