Karlen — unisex name

What the Data Says About Karlen

The Social Security Administration has registered 147 babies named Karlen between 1940 and 2015, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karlen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Karlen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 1991.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karlen performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Karlen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karlen 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 147 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.