Karleen
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- Peak · girls
- 1937 · 43 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,766since 1914
Karleen over time
Rank among girls' names. Karleen has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 |
| 1990 | #4,120 | 24 |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 |
| 1988 | #3,483 | 27 |
| 1987 | #3,857 | 22 |
| 1986 | #3,360 | 26 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 |
| 1982 | #3,780 | 21 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 |
| 1979 | #3,147 | 26 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 |
| 1976 | #2,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 |
| 1974 | #2,683 | 27 |
| 1973 | #2,455 | 30 |
| 1972 | #2,398 | 30 |
| 1971 | #2,340 | 33 |
| 1970 | #1,986 | 42 |
| 1969 | #1,835 | 45 |
| 1968 | #1,678 | 48 |
| 1967 | #1,598 | 50 |
| 1966 | #1,736 | 42 |
| 1965 | #1,655 | 46 |
| 1964 | #1,293 | 74 |
| 1963 | #1,372 | 65 |
| 1962 | #1,558 | 52 |
| 1961 | #1,612 | 49 |
| 1960 | #1,580 | 50 |
| 1959 | #1,370 | 61 |
| 1958 | #1,481 | 52 |
| 1957 | #1,366 | 60 |
| 1956 | #1,413 | 55 |
| 1955 | #1,303 | 60 |
| 1954 | #1,436 | 49 |
| 1953 | #1,389 | 49 |
| 1952 | #1,269 | 56 |
| 1951 | #1,277 | 53 |
| 1950 | #1,396 | 43 |
| 1949 | #1,201 | 57 |
| 1948 | #1,173 | 59 |
| 1947 | #1,318 | 48 |
| 1946 | #1,257 | 47 |
| 1945 | #1,100 | 51 |
| 1944 | #1,115 | 49 |
| 1943 | #1,206 | 45 |
| 1942 | #1,116 | 50 |
| 1941 | #1,101 | 45 |
| 1940 | #1,313 | 32 |
| 1939 | #1,265 | 34 |
| 1938 | #1,231 | 35 |
| 1937 | #1,085 | 43 |
| 1936 | #1,267 | 32 |
| 1935 | #1,162 | 37 |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 |
| 1933 | #1,773 | 19 |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Karleen! It came in at #3,618, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1916, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Karleen is popular in 1952
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#845 · 1 in 19,305
Best ever in a state: #215 in Rhode Island, 1962.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #845 | 8 | 1 in 19,305 |
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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 Karleen
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1937 at #1,085 (43 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 38 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 24,745 girls born in 1937 were named Karleen (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 19.5% of all girls named Karleen (538) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 27 | #3,618 (1914) | #4,236 |
| 1920s | 102 | #2,191 (1929) | #3,284 |
| 1930s | 262 | #1,085 (1937) | #1,616 |
| 1940s | 483 | #1,100 (1945) | #1,190 |
| 1950s | 538 | #1,269 (1952) | #1,370 |
| 1960s | 521 | #1,293 (1964) | #1,592 |
| 1970s | 277 | #1,986 (1970) | #2,835 |
| 1980s | 204 | #3,151 (1983) | #4,087 |
| 1990s | 186 | #4,120 (1990) | #5,412 |
| 2000s | 93 | #4,649 (2000) | #11,167 |
| 2010s | 58 | #9,943 (2017) | #13,023 |
| 2020s | 15 | #15,088 (2020) | #15,211 |
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.
Karleen in 1952
Top girls' names in 1952
More about 1952
girls
1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 33,113 of them was named Karleen, which outranked 80.1% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,256Loreen57
- #1,256Raylene57
- #1,256Rozanne57
- #1,269Karleen56
- #1,269Earlean56
- #1,269Kattie56
- #1,269Liane56
- #1,285Arnetta55
- #1,285Beverlee55
- #1,285Birdie55
Tied with 15 names at #1,269; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.