Charleen

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161

Peak · girls
1947 · 231 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,384
since 1911

Charleen over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Charleen has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201953peak #561, 1947girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024#12,1617
2023#13,4626
2022—
2021#12,2067
2020#12,1427
2019#13,7996
2018#12,4647
2017#10,6899
2016—
2015#10,14810
2014#10,12910
2013#7,03117
2012#8,63213
2011#8,61413
2010#6,64119
2009#7,67916
2008#8,52914
2007#12,6768
2006#8,23714
2005#5,43723
2004#5,96920
2003#7,20715
2002#7,44414
2001#8,19612
2000#8,02712
1999#5,42419
1998#5,36319
1997#4,81921
1996#9,5818
1995#3,96926
1994#3,03838
1993#3,15836
1992#3,58130
1991#3,20734
1990#2,95738
1989#2,37149
1988#2,41945
1987#2,97232
1986#2,56438
1985#2,10050
1984#2,51537
1983#2,19844
1982#2,18546
1981#2,15847
1980#1,83359
1979#2,14746
1978#1,82455
1977#1,90152
1976#1,84050
1975#1,90647
1974#1,59859
1973#1,45066
1972#1,21987
1971#1,41574
1970#1,093108
1969#1,15393
1968#1,07497
1967#1,10389
1966#1,06397
1965#939118
1964#969119
1963#1,14791
1962#1,014112
1961#1,070104
1960#1,020111
1959#1,059101
1958#916126
1957#933122
1956#944114
1955#850130
1954#759151
1953#697171
1952#683171
1951#663174
1950#611188
1949#577209
1948#616180
1947#561231
1946#655146
1945#577160
1944#592154
1943#580169
1942#620146
1941#598139
1940#641121
1939#655107
1938#69399
1937#620119
1936#69393
1935#641103
1934#67598
1933#70186
1932#75480
1931#84466
1930#76884
1929#77382
1928#75988
1927#89370
1926#98058
1925#1,05052
1924#1,13847
1923#1,17443
1922#1,68225
1921#1,11547
1920#1,43931
1919#1,74522
1918#1,38031
1917#2,10016
1916#1,86718
1915#2,38412
1914#1,81814
1913#2,5407
1912#2,3607
1911#2,1916
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First appearance
1911

The first year at least five girls were named Charleen! It came in at #2,191, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2016, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Charleen is popular in 1953

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedNHWashington: #359 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,429 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedWIMichigan: #635 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 11,857 girlsMINew York: #665 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 11,834 girlsNYMassachusetts: #373 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,894 girlsMARhode Island: #195 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,659 girlsRIOregon: #286 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,077 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #566 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 10,066 girlsPANew Jersey: #553 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,986 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #603 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 7,714 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #394 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,163 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #627 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,259 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #503 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,770 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #404 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,368 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedGAHawaii: #220 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 852 girlsHITexas: #1,167 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 22,163 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Charleen, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Rhode Island#195 · 1 in 1,659
  2. Hawaii#220 · 1 in 852
  3. Oregon#286 · 1 in 2,077
  4. Washington#359 · 1 in 3,429
  5. Massachusetts#373 · 1 in 6,894

Best ever in a state: #154 in Hawaii, 1949.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#19551 in 1,659
Hawaii#22071 in 852
Oregon#28681 in 2,077
Washington#35981 in 3,429
Massachusetts#37371 in 6,894
West Virginia#39451 in 4,163
Louisiana#404111 in 3,368
South Carolina#50351 in 5,770
New Jersey#55351 in 9,986
Pennsylvania#566111 in 10,066
California#603181 in 7,714
North Carolina#62751 in 10,259
Michigan#63571 in 11,857
New York#665131 in 11,834
Texas#1,16751 in 22,163
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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 Charleen
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 178 spots in 1964 (#1,147 → #969)
  • Biggest drop: 143 spots in 1959 (#916 → #1,059)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1911
  • Peaked 1947 at #561 (231 births)
  • Births halved by 1956, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1926–1958
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,674
  • Highest: 1 in 7,674 girls born in 1947 were named Charleen (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 22.4% of all girls named Charleen (1,655) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s133#1,380 (1918)#2,043
1920s543#759 (1928)#1,100
1930s935#620 (1937)#704
1940s1,655#561 (1947)#602
1950s1,448#611 (1950)#812
1960s1,031#939 (1965)#1,055
1970s644#1,093 (1970)#1,639
1980s447#1,833 (1980)#2,332
1990s269#2,957 (1990)#4,510
2000s148#5,437 (2005)#7,940
2010s104#6,641 (2010)#9,794
2020s27#12,142 (2020)#12,493

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.

Charleen in 1953

girls
#697
171 births · 1 in 11,002 girls

Top girls' names in 1953

  1. #1Mary64,389
  2. #2Linda61,281
  3. #3Deborah52,199
  4. #4Patricia51,019
  5. #5Susan44,297
  6. #6Barbara38,473
  7. #7Debra36,856
  8. #8Nancy30,620
  9. #9Karen29,858
  10. #10Pamela25,760
  11. #697Charleen171
More about 1953

girls

1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 11,002 of them was named Charleen, which outranked 89.3% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Charleen
  1. #688Shawn172
  2. #688Stacey172
  3. #688Valeria172
  4. #697Charleen171
  5. #697Jodie171
  6. #697Lottie171
  7. #697May171
  8. #702Katheryn170
  9. #702Leta170
  10. #702Ola170

Tied with 4 names at #697; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,253Enola#3,201 → #948
  2. ↑ 885Lu#1,368 → #483
  3. ↑ 749Joni#1,046 → #297
  4. ↑ 553Brooke#1,351 → #798
  5. ↑ 531Lorri#1,430 → #899
Fallers
  1. ↓ 274Roseanna#808 → #1,082
  2. ↓ 253Georgie#946 → #1,199
  3. ↓ 218Pandora#783 → #1,001
  4. ↓ 204Fonda#822 → #1,026
  5. ↓ 195Brinda#935 → #1,130

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

See the top 100 for 1953 →