How Many People Are Named Carlene?
people named Carlene are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 33,924 people in the US has this name
Based on 15,225 babies named Carlene in Social Security records from 1895 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
370 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine diminutive of CARL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Carlene in English. Counting Carlene and these spellings together, about 13,237 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Carlene in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Carlene alive today is about 62 years old, and 64% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 52 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Carlene first appears in the records in 1895 and was given most often in 1955, to 370 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1895 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Carlene has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #378, in 1936. In 2025 it ranked #15,368.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #15,368 |
| Best rank | #378 (1936) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #502 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Carlene alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Carlene were born in California than in any other state: about 893 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Carlene was given 7.2 times as often in Maine, 2.1 times in Oklahoma and 1.6 times in California.
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