Karleen — #15386 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Karleen

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,766 babies named Karleen between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karleen currently holds the #15386 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 74 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karleen performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 538 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Karleen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 143 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Karleen in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karleen 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 2,766 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.