Girls' name · since 1918
Charleene
Charleene has 205 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1948 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,556 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 205
- born since 1918
- 1940s
- peak decade
Charleene sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 205 recorded since 1918.
Charleene has 205 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1971.
- #19,556 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 205 born since 1918
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Charleene ranks #19,556 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 205 born since 1918, peaking in the 1940s.
- #19,556 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 205
- born since 1918
- 1940s
- peak decade
Charleene's 205 recorded births place it above 72.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Charleene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Charleene's SSA record in two at 1942 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1924, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1948 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Charleene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1971
- Peak year (1948)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Charleene by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (85 births, 41% of the file).
1940s was Charleene's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Charleene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 13
1910s
13 births
- 1920s 28
1920s
28 births
- 1930s
1930s
41 births
- 1940s
1940s
85 births
- 1950s 22
1950s
22 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 85 births (41% of all-time use).
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What to do with Charleene's data
- Charleene's decade-level peak was the 1940s (85 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Charleene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1948)
Similar record span (~53 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–1971 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Charleene draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.