Charleen
Charleen was last recorded in 2024, when 7 babies were given it; 7,384 Americans have been recorded with it between 1911 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,780 Americans named Charleen and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (65% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 51 and 76.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Charleen by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Charleen mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Charleen is “a female given name, variant of Charlene.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Charleen?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #12,420, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
231 babies in 1947, the peak
Charleen peaked in 1947, when 231 girls were given it, #561 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,420 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,787 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,472 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,408 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 6 | #14,172 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,755 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,873 | 0.01 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,291 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,291 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,114 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (112)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 13 | #8,729 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,726 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,704 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,754 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,624 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,914 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,330 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,474 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 20 | #6,018 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,284 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,509 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,288 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,125 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,472 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,405 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,859 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,736 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,993 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,040 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 36 | #3,163 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,593 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,215 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 38 | #2,964 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 49 | #2,371 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 45 | #2,418 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 32 | #2,976 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 38 | #2,577 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 50 | #2,109 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 37 | #2,521 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 44 | #2,204 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 46 | #2,190 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 47 | #2,162 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,840 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 46 | #2,155 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 55 | #1,829 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,904 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 50 | #1,843 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,915 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 59 | #1,599 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 66 | #1,451 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 87 | #1,220 | 0.06 |
| 1971 | 74 | #1,416 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 108 | #1,095 | 0.06 |
| 1969 | 93 | #1,154 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 97 | #1,077 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 89 | #1,105 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 97 | #1,066 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 118 | #939 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 119 | #970 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 91 | #1,148 | 0.05 |
| 1962 | 112 | #1,014 | 0.06 |
| 1961 | 104 | #1,072 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 111 | #1,021 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 101 | #1,061 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 126 | #915 | 0.06 |
| 1957 | 122 | #932 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 114 | #943 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 130 | #849 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 151 | #758 | 0.08 |
| 1953 | 171 | #696 | 0.09 |
| 1952 | 171 | #682 | 0.09 |
| 1951 | 174 | #662 | 0.10 |
| 1950 | 188 | #610 | 0.11 |
| 1949 | 209 | #576 | 0.12 |
| 1948 | 180 | #616 | 0.11 |
| 1947 | 231 | #561 | 0.13 |
| 1946 | 146 | #655 | 0.09 |
| 1945 | 160 | #577 | 0.12 |
| 1944 | 154 | #592 | 0.12 |
| 1943 | 169 | #580 | 0.12 |
| 1942 | 146 | #620 | 0.11 |
| 1941 | 139 | #598 | 0.12 |
| 1940 | 121 | #641 | 0.11 |
| 1939 | 107 | #655 | 0.10 |
| 1938 | 99 | #693 | 0.09 |
| 1937 | 119 | #620 | 0.11 |
| 1936 | 93 | #693 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 103 | #642 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 98 | #675 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 86 | #702 | 0.09 |
| 1932 | 80 | #754 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 66 | #846 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 84 | #770 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 82 | #773 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 88 | #760 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 70 | #893 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 58 | #980 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 52 | #1,052 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 47 | #1,139 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 43 | #1,180 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,692 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 47 | #1,116 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 31 | #1,445 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,758 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 31 | #1,387 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,116 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,879 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,413 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,827 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,581 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,417 | 0.01 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,242 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Charleen a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Charleen has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 112 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Charleen: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Charleen, and how old are they?
4,780 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 65% of the 7,384 Americans ever recorded as Charleen. The median Charleen alive today is 66 years old; half are between 51 and 76.
The 2020 Census counted 5,268 people named Charleen (5,255 women and girls, 13 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,380 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 676 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,080 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,100 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 581 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 249 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 85 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Charleen born?
The states with the most babies named Charleen are California, New York and Ohio, with 48% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 926 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| New York | 439 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 266 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 263 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 223 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 201 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Wisconsin | 136 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 129 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Louisiana | 117 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Massachusetts | 106 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Charleen is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Charleen is most over-represented in California: since 1911 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Charleen with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 11,444 babies since 1880, Charleen is the most given (65% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Charleen
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Charleen and names like it
- Compare Charleen and CharlynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sCharleen peaked in 1947.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Charleen since 1910.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Charleen.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Charleen alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.