Girls' name · since 1926
Corlene
Since 1926, U.S. Social Security records show 91 babies named Corlene, peaking in 1958. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,142 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 91
- born since 1926
- 1930s
- peak decade
Corlene is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 91 have been recorded since 1926.
Corlene has 91 recorded births among girls since 1926, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1926 to 1961.
- #28,142 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 91 born since 1926
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Corlene ranks #28,142 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 91 born since 1926, peaking in the 1930s.
- #28,142 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 91
- born since 1926
- 1930s
- peak decade
Corlene's 91 recorded births place it above 60.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Corlene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Corlene splits its recorded history at 1946: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1931 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1958 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Corlene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–1961
- Peak year (1958)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Corlene by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (31 births, 34% of the file).
1930s was Corlene's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Corlene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 7
1920s
7 births
- 1930s
1930s
31 births
- 1940s
1940s
16 births
- 1950s
1950s
31 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 31 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Corlene's decade-level peak was the 1930s (31 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1960s -- 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 Corlene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1926–1961 (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 Corlene 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.