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.

Charlen

#27,228 most common girls' name of all time · #44,079 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1936–1987

Rank among girls
#27,228
Rank overall
#44,079 of 105,966
First appeared
1936
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
80
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1966 #4,076
Best rank
#4,076 1966
Girls Boys peak 11/yr
194019601980

Charlen first appears in 1936. 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
1987 6 — 6 #10,120
1971 5 — 5 #8,698
1970 8 — 8 #6,026
1968 5 — 5 #7,398
1966 11 — 11 #4,076
1963 6 — 6 #6,217
1962 6 — 6 #6,189
1951 5 — 5 #5,903
1947 5 — 5 #5,806
1945 5 — 5 #5,079
1943 7 — 7 #4,129
1937 5 — 5 #4,841
1936 6 — 6 #4,156