Carlen
- Last seen for girls in 2012 at #14,962
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,312
- Given to girls 82.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 16 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 466since 1941
Carlen over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | — | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | — | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | — | |
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | — | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | — | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | — | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | — | |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | — | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | — | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | — | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | — | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | — | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
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| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | — | |
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
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| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
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| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1941
The first year at least five girls were named Carlen! It came in at #3,954, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1942–1944, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Carlen is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Carlen in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Carlen
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1941
- Peaked 1954 at #2,779 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 92,435
- Highest: 1 in 92,435 girls born in 1971 were named Carlen (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 293,509 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,779 in 1954, was only 1 in 121,370 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 22.7% of all girls named Carlen (106) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2013
- Mostly girls until 2012, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 35 | #3,593 (1948) | #4,046 |
| 1950s | 93 | #2,779 (1954) | #4,098 |
| 1960s | 56 | #4,865 (1962) | #5,479 |
| 1970s | 106 | #3,508 (1971) | #5,879 |
| 1980s | 67 | #5,148 (1983) | #7,764 |
| 1990s | 71 | #7,514 (1995) | #10,081 |
| 2000s | 32 | #9,892 (2004) | #11,772 |
| 2010s | 6 | #14,962 (2012) | #14,962 |
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.
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