Charlene
Rank in 2025
#1942
recorded as girls
Down 189 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
99
girls 99
Peak year
1949
3,541 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
134,111
since 1888
Born a Charlene? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Charlene was most popular in 1949, when 3,541 babies recorded as girls got the name (2.1 per 1,000). In 2025, 99 babies were named Charlene, ranking #1942 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 99 | 1942 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 115 | 1753 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 102 | 1934 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 111 | 1828 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 114 | 1780 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 119 | 1704 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 111 | 1833 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 112 | 1813 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 153 | 1465 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 147 | 1534 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 146 | 1532 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 159 | 1427 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 116 | 1761 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 134 | 1612 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 134 | 1612 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 136 | 1593 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 142 | 1584 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 153 | 1521 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 182 | 1332 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 190 | 1260 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 178 | 1262 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 202 | 1127 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 165 | 1267 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 170 | 1197 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 168 | 1212 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 191 | 1081 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 208 | 990 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 252 | 845 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 307 | 702 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 291 | 720 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 310 | 686 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 406 | 569 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 427 | 558 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 473 | 508 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 531 | 460 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 659 | 395 | 5 | 8117 |
| 1989 | 710 | 361 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 707 | 350 | 7 | 5751 |
| 1987 | 804 | 304 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 785 | 306 | 11 | 3882 |
| 1985 | 902 | 277 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 936 | 261 | 6 | 5561 |
| 1983 | 961 | 244 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 1,060 | 238 | 5 | 6385 |
| 1981 | 1,003 | 248 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 1,070 | 240 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 935 | 258 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 936 | 253 | 6 | 5059 |
| 1977 | 1,068 | 234 | 5 | 5845 |
| 1976 | 1,081 | 225 | 7 | 4418 |
| 1975 | 1,073 | 226 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 1,070 | 237 | 5 | 5227 |
| 1973 | 1,206 | 211 | 7 | 4054 |
| 1972 | 1,462 | 195 | 6 | 4441 |
| 1971 | 1,733 | 177 | 7 | 3963 |
| 1970 | 1,983 | 167 | 7 | 3836 |
| 1969 | 1,996 | 163 | 8 | 3314 |
| 1968 | 1,948 | 166 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 2,076 | 160 | 8 | 2985 |
| 1966 | 2,187 | 159 | 10 | 2627 |
| 1965 | 2,590 | 142 | 10 | 2617 |
| 1964 | 2,807 | 144 | 14 | 2205 |
| 1963 | 2,729 | 149 | 10 | 2673 |
| 1962 | 2,563 | 158 | 11 | 2504 |
| 1961 | 2,834 | 150 | 10 | 2706 |
| 1960 | 2,894 | 148 | 13 | 2315 |
| 1959 | 2,746 | 153 | 7 | 3290 |
| 1958 | 3,067 | 138 | 5 | 3944 |
| 1957 | 3,149 | 136 | 14 | 2190 |
| 1956 | 3,275 | 132 | 10 | 2628 |
| 1955 | 3,301 | 130 | 13 | 2219 |
| 1954 | 3,241 | 126 | 5 | 3827 |
| 1953 | 3,504 | 113 | 8 | 2905 |
| 1952 | 3,546 | 106 | 11 | 2376 |
| 1951 | 3,441 | 103 | 7 | 3066 |
| 1950 | 3,448 | 103 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 3,541 | 100 | 6 | 3298 |
| 1948 | 3,487 | 105 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 3,477 | 105 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 3,037 | 107 | 12 | 2143 |
| 1945 | 2,388 | 114 | 11 | 2131 |
| 1944 | 2,433 | 109 | 10 | 2309 |
| 1943 | 2,354 | 121 | 8 | 2732 |
| 1942 | 2,319 | 117 | 5 | 3560 |
| 1941 | 2,060 | 125 | 10 | 2333 |
| 1940 | 1,686 | 145 | 6 | 3130 |
| 1939 | 1,704 | 139 | 6 | 3113 |
| 1938 | 1,673 | 143 | 5 | 3534 |
| 1937 | 1,581 | 141 | 11 | 2197 |
| 1936 | 1,482 | 145 | 9 | 2452 |
| 1935 | 1,395 | 146 | 10 | 2396 |
| 1934 | 1,344 | 151 | 9 | 2563 |
| 1933 | 1,174 | 156 | 6 | 3268 |
| 1932 | 1,123 | 170 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 1,008 | 179 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 987 | 195 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 932 | 200 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 854 | 215 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 833 | 221 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 581 | 276 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 587 | 274 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 449 | 316 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 390 | 329 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 332 | 363 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 318 | 378 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 294 | 383 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 233 | 429 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 248 | 417 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 203 | 452 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 169 | 497 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 133 | 555 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 89 | 601 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 75 | 594 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 61 | 632 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 40 | 686 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 31 | 768 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 28 | 761 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 29 | 723 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 19 | 871 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 11 | 1154 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 13 | 1057 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 13 | 1001 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 6 | 1592 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 8 | 1320 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 6 | 1466 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 6 | 1723 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 6 | 1394 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 12 | 1009 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 9 | 1122 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 7 | 1299 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1893 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 6 | 1278 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1890 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1889 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 5 | 1276 | <5 | — |
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Where Charlene is most popular
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- New York2.0×
- Texas1.2×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years