Charlen — girls' name

What the Data Says About Charlen

The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Charlen between 1936 and 1987, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charlen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Charlen performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Charlen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Charlen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Charlen 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 80 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.