Girlene — girls' name
29 babies named Girlene in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 1937. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Girlene was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Girlene in 1937 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Girlene
The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Girlene between 1926 and 1942, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Girlene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1942. The name reached its historical peak in 1937, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Girlene performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Girlene shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Girlene 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 29 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.
Girlene at a glance
Last recorded 1942Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Girlene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1926
- Peak year (1937)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1942.
29 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1937 with 7 births in a single year.
Girlene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 13 births that decade — 45% of Girlene's all-time total
Girlene decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Girlene's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1926–1942 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.