Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Carlen*

#10,216 most common girls' name of all time · #16,980 across all names · 18% male / 82% female · used 1930–2024 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#10,216
Rank overall
#16,980 of 105,966
First appeared
1930
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
567
Since 2016
14
Peak year
1971 #3,570
Best rank
#2,848 1954
Girls Boys peak 23/yr
19401960198020002020

Carlen first appears in 1930. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 9 9
2017 5 5
2013 6 6
2012 6 5 11 #15,187
2009 7 7
2008 8 8 #12,716
2004 10 10 #10,011
2002 6 6 12 #13,798
2001 8 8 #11,158
2000 9 9
1999 8 8 #10,486
1998 5 5 #14,413
1996 6 6 #12,020
1995 11 11 #7,620
1994 7 7 #10,787
1993 10 6 16 #8,178
1992 7 7 #10,659
1991 8 6 14 #9,492
1990 9 9 #8,636
1989 7 7 #9,880
1988 7 7 #9,441
1986 8 8 #7,909
1985 7 7 #8,525
1983 13 13 #5,238
1982 8 8 #7,628
1981 10 10 #6,432
1980 7 7 #8,376
1979 7 7 14 #8,264
1978 12 12 #5,308
1977 7 7 #7,781
1976 9 9 #6,205
1975 5 5 #9,392
1974 8 8 #6,440
1973 10 10 #5,308
1972 13 13 #4,386
1971 18 5 23 #3,570
1970 17 17 #3,628
1969 8 8 #5,634
1968 7 7 #5,864
1967 8 8 #5,166
1965 6 6 #6,107
1964 6 6 #6,311
1963 6 6 #6,204
1962 8 7 15 #5,065
1960 7 7 #5,419
1959 9 9 #4,475
1958 10 10 #4,085
1957 7 7 #5,147
1956 10 10 #4,054
1955 9 9 #4,238
1954 16 16 #2,848
1953 5 5 #6,111
1952 11 11 #3,486
1951 9 9 #3,899
1950 7 7 #4,589
1949 8 8 #4,135
1948 9 9 #3,794
1947 6 6 #5,102
1945 6 6 #4,380
1944 6 6
1941 6 6 #4,338
1940 5 5
1934 5 5
1930 7 7