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.

Charlean

#5,963 most common girls' name of all time · #10,073 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1912–1990

Rank among girls
#5,963
Rank overall
#10,073 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
72 of 146
All-time
1,289
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1952 #1,478
Best rank
#1,271 1930
Girls Boys peak 43/yr
1920194019601980

Charlean first appears in 1912. 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
1990 7 7 #10,300
1987 9 9 #7,438
1986 5 5 #11,091
1983 7 7 #8,160
1981 8 8 #7,511
1980 9 9 #6,880
1979 5 5 #10,383
1978 8 8 #7,059
1977 5 5 #9,855
1976 11 11 #5,280
1975 5 5 #9,243
1974 18 18 #3,601
1973 7 7 #6,801
1972 12 12 #4,579
1971 7 7 #6,765
1970 13 13 #4,306
1969 16 16 #3,502
1968 10 10 #4,561
1967 12 12 #3,895
1966 11 11 #4,023
1965 16 16 #3,191
1964 19 19 #2,949
1963 27 27 #2,328
1962 18 18 #2,966
1961 19 19 #2,876
1960 21 21 #2,679
1959 23 23 #2,419
1958 23 23 #2,410
1957 30 30 #2,006
1956 27 27 #2,124
1955 26 26 #2,132
1954 34 34 #1,789
1953 26 26 #2,037
1952 43 43 #1,478
1951 37 37 #1,569
1950 40 40 #1,463
1949 30 30 #1,753
1948 28 28 #1,797
1947 30 30 #1,774
1946 24 24 #1,889
1945 30 30 #1,508
1944 15 15 #2,359
1943 33 33 #1,460
1942 34 34 #1,407
1941 20 20 #1,856
1940 15 15 #2,177
1939 22 22 #1,671
1938 26 26 #1,499
1937 23 23 #1,615
1936 24 24 #1,539
1935 23 23 #1,587
1934 22 22 #1,641
1933 22 22 #1,648
1932 14 14 #2,333
1931 12 12 #2,536
1930 36 36 #1,271
1929 14 14 #2,399
1928 27 27 #1,580
1927 13 13 #2,659
1926 14 14 #2,545
1925 11 11 #3,056
1924 12 12 #2,924
1923 10 10 #3,262
1922 13 13 #2,732
1921 18 18 #2,181
1920 13 13 #2,695
1919 11 11 #2,954
1918 5 5 #5,062
1917 11 11 #2,833
1915 7 7 #3,657
1914 7 7 #3,112
1912 6 6 #2,919