Karlene — #12186 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Karlene

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,167 babies named Karlene between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karlene currently holds the #12186 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 104 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karlene performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 853 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Karlene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 256 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Karlene in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karlene 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 4,167 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.