Charlene Girl
How popular is Charlene?
#1,942 girl name in 2025
99 baby girls were named Charlene in the US in 2025, making it the 1942nd most popular girl name.
Charlene popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,942 for girls (▼ 189 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 99 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-32% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,532 in 2015, #1,704 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1952 (3,546 girls) |
| Highest rank | #100 in 1949 |
| First recorded | 1888 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Charlene counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Charlene family of names ranked #1,413 for girls in 2025 (#1,324 the year before), with 117 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Charlene is most popular
Babies named Charlene per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (92 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Utah: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Charlene by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1890s | 40 | #1,009 |
| 1900s | 139 | #723 |
| 1910s | 1,282 | #417 |
| 1920s | 5,570 | #200 |
| 1930s | 13,471 | #139 |
| 1940s | 26,782 | #100 |
| 1950s | 32,718 | #103 |
| 1960s | 24,624 | #142 |
| 1970s | 12,547 | #167 |
| 1980s | 8,938 | #238 |
| 1990s | 3,864 | #395 |
| 2000s | 1,741 | #1,079 |
| 2010s | 1,348 | #1,427 |
| 2020s | 660 | #1,704 |
Girl names about as popular as Charlene
Questions
- Is Charlene a boy or girl name?
- Charlene is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Charlene were girls.
- How popular is the name Charlene?
- 99 baby girls were named Charlene in the US in 2025, making it the 1942nd most popular girl name.
- When was Charlene most popular?
- Charlene peaked in 1952, when 3,546 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #100 in 1949.
- How many people are named Charlene?
- 134,111 babies have been named Charlene in the US since 1880. We estimate about 97,510 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 66.
- Where is Charlene most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Charlene was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.