Carlene

Girl name

Carlene has been given to 15,225 babies in the U.S. since 1895. It peaked in 1955.

Meaning & origin

A 20th-century coinage from Carl and the ending -ene, -lene, as in Marlene and Charlene.

Origin: Germanic languages

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

15,225

Peak year

1955 (370 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1895

10-year trend

▼ -71%

Gender split

All girls

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Carlene.

15,086 babies since 1918

15,395 babies since 1913

15,512 babies since 1921

14,752 babies since 1907

15,775 babies since 1880

15,785 babies since 1924

15,823 babies since 1880

14,282 babies since 1940

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