Carleen
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306
- Peak · girls
- 1949 · 163 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,744since 1908
Carleen over time
Rank among girls' names. Carleen has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 |
| 2000 | #3,664 | 35 |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 |
| 1997 | #3,161 | 37 |
| 1996 | #3,632 | 30 |
| 1995 | #3,220 | 35 |
| 1994 | #2,541 | 49 |
| 1993 | #2,639 | 46 |
| 1992 | #2,386 | 54 |
| 1991 | #2,593 | 47 |
| 1990 | #2,957 | 38 |
| 1989 | #2,618 | 43 |
| 1988 | #2,867 | 36 |
| 1987 | #2,360 | 44 |
| 1986 | #3,054 | 30 |
| 1985 | #2,657 | 36 |
| 1984 | #2,018 | 50 |
| 1983 | #1,839 | 57 |
| 1982 | #2,150 | 47 |
| 1981 | #2,265 | 44 |
| 1980 | #2,069 | 50 |
| 1979 | #2,020 | 50 |
| 1978 | #1,669 | 63 |
| 1977 | #1,832 | 55 |
| 1976 | #1,568 | 64 |
| 1975 | #1,561 | 64 |
| 1974 | #1,364 | 76 |
| 1973 | #1,399 | 70 |
| 1972 | #1,169 | 92 |
| 1971 | #1,172 | 98 |
| 1970 | #1,026 | 120 |
| 1969 | #955 | 125 |
| 1968 | #898 | 132 |
| 1967 | #914 | 125 |
| 1966 | #999 | 105 |
| 1965 | #915 | 121 |
| 1964 | #990 | 116 |
| 1963 | #898 | 136 |
| 1962 | #825 | 161 |
| 1961 | #809 | 168 |
| 1960 | #877 | 140 |
| 1959 | #811 | 159 |
| 1958 | #818 | 152 |
| 1957 | #821 | 152 |
| 1956 | #850 | 136 |
| 1955 | #742 | 164 |
| 1954 | #734 | 159 |
| 1953 | #708 | 167 |
| 1952 | #761 | 137 |
| 1951 | #776 | 130 |
| 1950 | #719 | 142 |
| 1949 | #650 | 163 |
| 1948 | #768 | 124 |
| 1947 | #825 | 113 |
| 1946 | #828 | 100 |
| 1945 | #779 | 92 |
| 1944 | #881 | 75 |
| 1943 | #783 | 99 |
| 1942 | #769 | 97 |
| 1941 | #756 | 89 |
| 1940 | #683 | 103 |
| 1939 | #752 | 83 |
| 1938 | #846 | 70 |
| 1937 | #796 | 74 |
| 1936 | #876 | 60 |
| 1935 | #758 | 80 |
| 1934 | #839 | 66 |
| 1933 | #814 | 67 |
| 1932 | #875 | 63 |
| 1931 | #1,394 | 28 |
| 1930 | #1,084 | 46 |
| 1929 | #1,032 | 50 |
| 1928 | #1,097 | 47 |
| 1927 | #1,278 | 38 |
| 1926 | #1,303 | 36 |
| 1925 | #1,504 | 30 |
| 1924 | #1,409 | 34 |
| 1923 | #2,264 | 16 |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 |
| 1921 | #1,867 | 22 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 |
| 1919 | #1,698 | 23 |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 |
| 1917 | #1,507 | 25 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Carleen! It came in at #1,862, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1911, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Carleen is popular in 1931
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#486 · 1 in 6,753
Best ever in a state: #157 in Rhode Island, 1965.
Show every state
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| North Carolina | #486 | 5 | 1 in 6,753 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Carleen
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 519 spots in 1932 (#1,394 → #875)
- Biggest drop: 118 spots in 1936 (#758 → #876)
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1949 at #650 (163 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1932–1969
- Highest: 1 in 10,496 girls born in 1949 were named Carleen (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 22.2% of all girls named Carleen (1,498) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 11 | #1,862 (1908) | #2,035 |
| 1910s | 111 | #1,507 (1917) | #2,240 |
| 1920s | 294 | #1,032 (1929) | #1,786 |
| 1930s | 637 | #752 (1939) | #903 |
| 1940s | 1,055 | #650 (1949) | #772 |
| 1950s | 1,498 | #708 (1953) | #774 |
| 1960s | 1,329 | #809 (1961) | #908 |
| 1970s | 752 | #1,026 (1970) | #1,478 |
| 1980s | 437 | #1,839 (1983) | #2,390 |
| 1990s | 370 | #2,386 (1992) | #3,491 |
| 2000s | 157 | #3,664 (2000) | #8,726 |
| 2010s | 79 | #8,776 (2017) | #11,706 |
| 2020s | 14 | #10,250 (2020) | #12,778 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Carleen in 1931
Top girls' names in 1931
More about 1931
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1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 38,026 of them was named Carleen, which outranked 72.0% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,375Ronnie29
- #1,375Sydelle29
- #1,375Wilhelmenia29
- #1,394Carleen28
- #1,394Allean28
- #1,394Audie28
- #1,394Audrie28
- #1,421Abigail27
- #1,421Ardyth27
- #1,421Arvella27
Tied with 26 names at #1,394; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.