Charlean

Last seen for girls in 1990 at #10,193

Peak · girls
1930 · 36 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,289
since 1912

Charlean over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Charlean has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201950peak #1,251, 1930girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1990#10,1937
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1987#7,3539
1986#10,9125
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1983#8,0477
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1981#7,4098
1980#6,7899
1979#10,2105
1978#6,9488
1977#9,6525
1976#5,21511
1975#9,0675
1974#3,55818
1973#6,6667
1972#4,52312
1971#6,6197
1970#4,24613
1969#3,46116
1968#4,48910
1967#3,84512
1966#3,95911
1965#3,14916
1964#2,91519
1963#2,30627
1962#2,92218
1961#2,83919
1960#2,64921
1959#2,39523
1958#2,37623
1957#1,98930
1956#2,10327
1955#2,10826
1954#1,76934
1953#2,01726
1952#1,46943
1951#1,55537
1950#1,45240
1949#1,73630
1948#1,77828
1947#1,75230
1946#1,86024
1945#1,48230
1944#2,28715
1943#1,44233
1942#1,38734
1941#1,81020
1940#2,10915
1939#1,63822
1938#1,47526
1937#1,58023
1936#1,50724
1935#1,55023
1934#1,60322
1933#1,60622
1932#2,23514
1931#2,42712
1930#1,25136
1929#2,30114
1928#1,54127
1927#2,55213
1926#2,47414
1925#2,93911
1924#2,80912
1923#3,12510
1922#2,61213
1921#2,12018
1920#2,59013
1919#2,81311
1918#4,8095
1917#2,69311
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1914#2,8767
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five girls were named Charlean! It came in at #2,634, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1913, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Charlean is popular in 1950

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedKSArkansas: #414 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,268 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #511 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,667 girlsLAMississippi: #404 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,542 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Charlean, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#404 · 1 in 3,542
  2. Arkansas#414 · 1 in 4,268
  3. Louisiana#511 · 1 in 5,667

Best ever in a state: #289 in Mississippi, 1943.

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See more about Charlean
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1990
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1930 at #1,251 (36 births)
  • Births halved by 1931, 1 yr 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 31,276
  • Highest: 1 in 31,276 girls born in 1930 were named Charlean (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 271,221 girls born in 1990 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 24.0% of all girls named Charlean (309) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s47#2,634 (1912)#3,210
1920s145#1,541 (1928)#2,506
1930s224#1,251 (1930)#1,687
1940s259#1,387 (1942)#1,764
1950s309#1,452 (1950)#1,923
1960s169#2,306 (1963)#3,253
1970s91#3,558 (1974)#6,670
1980s38#6,789 (1980)#8,102
1990s7#10,193 (1990)#10,193

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.

Charlean in 1950

girls
#1,452
40 births · 1 in 42,826 girls

Top girls' names in 1950

  1. #1Linda80,433
  2. #2Mary65,481
  3. #3Patricia47,944
  4. #4Barbara41,556
  5. #5Susan38,017
  6. #6Nancy29,617
  7. #7Deborah29,063
  8. #8Sandra28,896
  9. #9Carol26,163
  10. #10Kathleen25,706
  11. #1,452Charlean40
More about 1950

girls

1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 42,826 of them was named Charlean, which outranked 76.2% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Charlean
  1. #1,433Star41
  2. #1,433Valentina41
  3. #1,433Zona41
  4. #1,452Charlean40
  5. #1,452Alecia40
  6. #1,452Cary40
  7. #1,452Charlyn40
  8. #1,474Anastasia39
  9. #1,474Ardella39
  10. #1,474Belle39

Tied with 21 names at #1,452; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,242Mindy#2,013 → #771
  2. ↑ 649Geralyn#1,627 → #978
  3. ↑ 636Kyle#1,512 → #876
  4. ↑ 416Debrah#1,109 → #693
  5. ↑ 405Debbra#1,353 → #948
Fallers
  1. ↓ 241Luana#823 → #1,064
  2. ↓ 231Christene#930 → #1,161
  3. ↓ 216Pearline#785 → #1,001
  4. ↓ 210Ingrid#518 → #728
  5. ↓ 201Dayle#982 → #1,183

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1950 →