Charlene
#304 most common girls' name of all time · #563 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1888–2025
Rank among girls
#304
Rank overall
#563 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
132 of 146
All-time
134,111
Since 2016
1,183
Peak year
1952 #106
Best rank
#100 1949
Girls
Boys
peak 3,557/yr
Charlene first appears in 1888. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,943 |
| 2024 | 115 | — | 115 | #1,757 |
| 2023 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,934 |
| 2022 | 111 | — | 111 | #1,831 |
| 2021 | 114 | — | 114 | #1,781 |
| 2020 | 119 | — | 119 | #1,708 |
| 2019 | 111 | — | 111 | #1,835 |
| 2018 | 112 | — | 112 | #1,814 |
| 2017 | 153 | — | 153 | #1,468 |
| 2016 | 147 | — | 147 | #1,537 |
| 2015 | 146 | — | 146 | #1,533 |
| 2014 | 159 | — | 159 | #1,428 |
| 2013 | 116 | — | 116 | #1,762 |
| 2012 | 134 | — | 134 | #1,614 |
| 2011 | 134 | — | 134 | #1,613 |
| 2010 | 136 | — | 136 | #1,594 |
| 2009 | 142 | — | 142 | #1,585 |
| 2008 | 153 | — | 153 | #1,522 |
| 2007 | 182 | — | 182 | #1,333 |
| 2006 | 190 | — | 190 | #1,260 |
| 2005 | 178 | — | 178 | #1,263 |
| 2004 | 202 | — | 202 | #1,128 |
| 2003 | 165 | — | 165 | #1,270 |
| 2002 | 170 | — | 170 | #1,198 |
| 2001 | 168 | — | 168 | #1,212 |
| 2000 | 191 | — | 191 | #1,081 |
| 1999 | 208 | — | 208 | #990 |
| 1998 | 252 | — | 252 | #846 |
| 1997 | 307 | — | 307 | #702 |
| 1996 | 291 | — | 291 | #720 |
| 1995 | 310 | — | 310 | #687 |
| 1994 | 406 | — | 406 | #569 |
| 1993 | 427 | — | 427 | #558 |
| 1992 | 473 | — | 473 | #508 |
| 1991 | 531 | — | 531 | #460 |
| 1990 | 659 | 5 | 664 | #395 |
| 1989 | 710 | — | 710 | #361 |
| 1988 | 707 | 7 | 714 | #351 |
| 1987 | 804 | — | 804 | #304 |
| 1986 | 785 | 11 | 796 | #306 |
| 1985 | 902 | — | 902 | #277 |
| 1984 | 936 | 6 | 942 | #261 |
| 1983 | 961 | — | 961 | #244 |
| 1982 | 1,060 | 5 | 1,065 | #238 |
| 1981 | 1,003 | — | 1,003 | #248 |
| 1980 | 1,070 | — | 1,070 | #240 |
| 1979 | 935 | — | 935 | #258 |
| 1978 | 936 | 6 | 942 | #253 |
| 1977 | 1,068 | 5 | 1,073 | #234 |
| 1976 | 1,081 | 7 | 1,088 | #225 |
| 1975 | 1,073 | — | 1,073 | #226 |
| 1974 | 1,070 | 5 | 1,075 | #237 |
| 1973 | 1,206 | 7 | 1,213 | #211 |
| 1972 | 1,462 | 6 | 1,468 | #195 |
| 1971 | 1,733 | 7 | 1,740 | #178 |
| 1970 | 1,983 | 7 | 1,990 | #167 |
| 1969 | 1,996 | 8 | 2,004 | #163 |
| 1968 | 1,948 | — | 1,948 | #166 |
| 1967 | 2,076 | 8 | 2,084 | #160 |
| 1966 | 2,187 | 10 | 2,197 | #159 |
| 1965 | 2,590 | 10 | 2,600 | #142 |
| 1964 | 2,807 | 14 | 2,821 | #144 |
| 1963 | 2,729 | 10 | 2,739 | #149 |
| 1962 | 2,563 | 11 | 2,574 | #158 |
| 1961 | 2,834 | 10 | 2,844 | #150 |
| 1960 | 2,894 | 13 | 2,907 | #148 |
| 1959 | 2,746 | 7 | 2,753 | #153 |
| 1958 | 3,067 | 5 | 3,072 | #138 |
| 1957 | 3,149 | 14 | 3,163 | #136 |
| 1956 | 3,275 | 10 | 3,285 | #132 |
| 1955 | 3,301 | 13 | 3,314 | #130 |
| 1954 | 3,241 | 5 | 3,246 | #126 |
| 1953 | 3,504 | 8 | 3,512 | #113 |
| 1952 | 3,546 | 11 | 3,557 | #106 |
| 1951 | 3,441 | 7 | 3,448 | #103 |
| 1950 | 3,448 | — | 3,448 | #103 |
| 1949 | 3,541 | 6 | 3,547 | #100 |
| 1948 | 3,487 | — | 3,487 | #105 |
| 1947 | 3,477 | — | 3,477 | #105 |
| 1946 | 3,037 | 12 | 3,049 | #107 |
| 1945 | 2,388 | 11 | 2,399 | #114 |
| 1944 | 2,433 | 10 | 2,443 | #109 |
| 1943 | 2,354 | 8 | 2,362 | #121 |
| 1942 | 2,319 | 5 | 2,324 | #117 |
| 1941 | 2,060 | 10 | 2,070 | #126 |
| 1940 | 1,686 | 6 | 1,692 | #145 |
| 1939 | 1,704 | 6 | 1,710 | #139 |
| 1938 | 1,673 | 5 | 1,678 | #143 |
| 1937 | 1,581 | 11 | 1,592 | #141 |
| 1936 | 1,482 | 9 | 1,491 | #145 |
| 1935 | 1,395 | 10 | 1,405 | #146 |
| 1934 | 1,344 | 9 | 1,353 | #151 |
| 1933 | 1,174 | 6 | 1,180 | #156 |
| 1932 | 1,123 | — | 1,123 | #170 |
| 1931 | 1,008 | — | 1,008 | #179 |
| 1930 | 987 | — | 987 | #196 |
| 1929 | 932 | — | 932 | #200 |
| 1928 | 854 | — | 854 | #215 |
| 1927 | 833 | — | 833 | #221 |
| 1926 | 581 | — | 581 | #276 |
| 1925 | 587 | — | 587 | #274 |
| 1924 | 449 | — | 449 | #316 |
| 1923 | 390 | — | 390 | #330 |
| 1922 | 332 | — | 332 | #363 |
| 1921 | 318 | — | 318 | #378 |
| 1920 | 294 | — | 294 | #383 |
| 1919 | 233 | — | 233 | #430 |
| 1918 | 248 | — | 248 | #419 |
| 1917 | 203 | — | 203 | #455 |
| 1916 | 169 | — | 169 | #498 |
| 1915 | 133 | — | 133 | #558 |
| 1914 | 89 | — | 89 | #607 |
| 1913 | 75 | — | 75 | #599 |
| 1912 | 61 | — | 61 | #638 |
| 1911 | 40 | — | 40 | #697 |
| 1910 | 31 | — | 31 | #779 |
| 1909 | 28 | — | 28 | #770 |
| 1908 | 29 | — | 29 | #727 |
| 1907 | 19 | — | 19 | #893 |
| 1906 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,203 |
| 1905 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,086 |
| 1904 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,037 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1902 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,390 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,586 |
| 1900 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,810 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,505 |
| 1898 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,044 |
| 1896 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,198 |
| 1895 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,382 |
| 1892 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,403 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,409 |