Charlene — #1748 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Charlene

The Social Security Administration has registered 133,629 babies named Charlene between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charlene currently holds the #1748 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 3,546 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Charlene performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 32,718 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Charlene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12,289 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Charlene in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Charlene 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 133,629 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.