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.

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
1900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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