Girls' name · since 1956
Karlena
266 babies named Karlena in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,997 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 266
- born since 1956
- 1990s
- peak decade
Karlena sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 266 recorded since 1956.
Social Security Administration records show Karlena recorded 266 times among girls since 1956, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2017.
- #16,997 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 266 born since 1956
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karlena ranks #16,997 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 266 born since 1956, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,997 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 266
- born since 1956
- 1990s
- peak decade
Karlena's 266 recorded births place it above 76.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Karlena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Karlena splits its recorded history at 1992: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1983 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Karlena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2017
- Peak year (1983)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Karlena by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (84 births, 32% of the file).
1990s was Karlena's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Karlena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
41 births
- 1980s
1980s
60 births
- 1990s
1990s
84 births
- 2000s
2000s
34 births
- 2010s 28
2010s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 84 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Karlena's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (84 total births) through the 2010s (28) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Karlena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~61 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, 1956–2017 (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 Karlena 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.