Karlene
#2,776 most common girls' name of all time · #4,750 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1913–2024
Rank among girls
#2,776
Rank overall
#4,750 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
108 of 146
All-time
4,167
Since 2016
69
Peak year
1959 #1,049
Best rank
#789 1939
Girls
Boys
peak 104/yr
Karlene first appears in 1913. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,253 |
| 2023 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,249 |
| 2022 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,470 |
| 2021 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,305 |
| 2020 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,009 |
| 2019 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,691 |
| 2018 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,834 |
| 2017 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,349 |
| 2016 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,868 |
| 2014 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,688 |
| 2013 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,656 |
| 2012 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,320 |
| 2011 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,940 |
| 2010 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,318 |
| 2009 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,740 |
| 2008 | 18 | — | 18 | #7,117 |
| 2007 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,878 |
| 2006 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,174 |
| 2005 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,194 |
| 2004 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,405 |
| 2003 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,923 |
| 2002 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,278 |
| 2001 | 28 | — | 28 | #4,343 |
| 2000 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,169 |
| 1999 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,882 |
| 1998 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,157 |
| 1997 | 21 | — | 21 | #4,847 |
| 1996 | 32 | — | 32 | #3,522 |
| 1995 | 32 | — | 32 | #3,434 |
| 1994 | 29 | — | 29 | #3,719 |
| 1993 | 44 | — | 44 | #2,738 |
| 1992 | 23 | — | 23 | #4,400 |
| 1991 | 31 | — | 31 | #3,461 |
| 1990 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,600 |
| 1989 | 43 | — | 43 | #2,632 |
| 1988 | 37 | — | 37 | #2,821 |
| 1987 | 25 | — | 25 | #3,554 |
| 1986 | 24 | — | 24 | #3,576 |
| 1985 | 39 | — | 39 | #2,501 |
| 1984 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,867 |
| 1983 | 37 | — | 37 | #2,485 |
| 1982 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,784 |
| 1981 | 38 | — | 38 | #2,502 |
| 1980 | 37 | — | 37 | #2,558 |
| 1979 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,571 |
| 1978 | 29 | — | 29 | #2,817 |
| 1977 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,568 |
| 1976 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,618 |
| 1975 | 38 | — | 38 | #2,207 |
| 1974 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,974 |
| 1973 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,470 |
| 1972 | 36 | — | 36 | #2,149 |
| 1971 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,674 |
| 1970 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,660 |
| 1969 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,641 |
| 1968 | 66 | — | 66 | #1,379 |
| 1967 | 73 | — | 73 | #1,263 |
| 1966 | 75 | — | 75 | #1,248 |
| 1965 | 70 | — | 70 | #1,298 |
| 1964 | 82 | — | 82 | #1,220 |
| 1963 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,161 |
| 1962 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,097 |
| 1961 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,124 |
| 1960 | 94 | — | 94 | #1,122 |
| 1959 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,049 |
| 1958 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,055 |
| 1957 | 95 | — | 95 | #1,070 |
| 1956 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,126 |
| 1955 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,146 |
| 1954 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,159 |
| 1953 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,023 |
| 1952 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,072 |
| 1951 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,055 |
| 1950 | 75 | — | 75 | #1,069 |
| 1949 | 82 | — | 82 | #999 |
| 1948 | 85 | — | 85 | #946 |
| 1947 | 92 | — | 92 | #928 |
| 1946 | 84 | — | 84 | #917 |
| 1945 | 60 | — | 60 | #1,002 |
| 1944 | 70 | — | 70 | #922 |
| 1943 | 72 | — | 72 | #919 |
| 1942 | 79 | — | 79 | #871 |
| 1941 | 53 | — | 53 | #1,012 |
| 1940 | 64 | — | 64 | #904 |
| 1939 | 76 | — | 76 | #789 |
| 1938 | 58 | — | 58 | #941 |
| 1937 | 65 | — | 65 | #859 |
| 1936 | 56 | — | 56 | #918 |
| 1935 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,217 |
| 1934 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,234 |
| 1933 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,358 |
| 1932 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,562 |
| 1931 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,865 |
| 1930 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,793 |
| 1929 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,700 |
| 1928 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,358 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,752 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,455 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,253 |
| 1924 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,093 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,833 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,295 |
| 1921 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,878 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,684 |
| 1919 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,537 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,558 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,688 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | 5 | #3,614 |