Carleen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kar-LEEN
- Origin
- Germanic
Carleen is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Carleen mean?
Germanic: feminine form of Carl
“free man”
A 20th-century feminine form of Carl, related to Caroline and Charlene.
Is Carleen a girl's or a boy's name?
Carleen is a girls' name.
How popular is Carleen in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1961, with 168 girls. It first appears in the records in 1908.
Half of all the girls named Carleen in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carleen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 35 | #3,659 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 37 | #3,158 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 35 | #3,215 |
| 1994 | 49 | #2,536 |
| 1993 | 46 | #2,634 |
| 1992 | 54 | #2,381 |
| 1991 | 47 | #2,587 |
| 1990 | 38 | #2,952 |
| 1989 | 43 | #2,613 |
| 1988 | 36 | #2,862 |
| 1987 | 44 | #2,358 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,052 |
| 1985 | 36 | #2,656 |
| 1984 | 50 | #2,017 |
| 1983 | 57 | #1,838 |
| 1982 | 47 | #2,150 |
| 1981 | 44 | #2,265 |
| 1980 | 50 | #2,069 |
| 1979 | 50 | #2,020 |
| 1978 | 63 | #1,669 |
| 1977 | 55 | #1,832 |
| 1976 | 64 | #1,568 |
| 1975 | 64 | #1,561 |
| 1974 | 76 | #1,364 |
| 1973 | 70 | #1,399 |
| 1972 | 92 | #1,169 |
| 1971 | 98 | #1,172 |
| 1970 | 120 | #1,026 |
| 1969 | 125 | #955 |
| 1968 | 132 | #898 |
| 1967 | 125 | #914 |
| 1966 | 105 | #999 |
| 1965 | 121 | #915 |
| 1964 | 116 | #990 |
| 1963 | 136 | #898 |
| 1962 | 161 | #825 |
| 1961 | 168 | #809 |
| 1960 | 140 | #877 |
| 1959 | 159 | #811 |
| 1958 | 152 | #817 |
| 1957 | 152 | #820 |
| 1956 | 136 | #849 |
| 1955 | 164 | #741 |
| 1954 | 159 | #733 |
| 1953 | 167 | #707 |
| 1952 | 137 | #760 |
| 1951 | 130 | #775 |
| 1950 | 142 | #718 |
| 1949 | 163 | #649 |
| 1948 | 124 | #767 |
| 1947 | 113 | #824 |
| 1946 | 100 | #827 |
| 1945 | 92 | #779 |
| 1944 | 75 | #881 |
| 1943 | 99 | #783 |
| 1942 | 97 | #769 |
| 1941 | 89 | #756 |
| 1940 | 103 | #683 |
| 1939 | 83 | #752 |
| 1938 | 70 | #846 |
| 1937 | 74 | #796 |
| 1936 | 60 | #876 |
| 1935 | 80 | #758 |
| 1934 | 66 | #839 |
| 1933 | 67 | #814 |
| 1932 | 63 | #875 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,393 |
| 1930 | 46 | #1,084 |
| 1929 | 50 | #1,032 |
| 1928 | 47 | #1,097 |
| 1927 | 38 | #1,278 |
| 1926 | 36 | #1,303 |
| 1925 | 30 | #1,503 |
| 1924 | 34 | #1,409 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,264 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,377 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,867 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,731 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,698 |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,208 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,368 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,254 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
Names like Carleen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eileen, Kathleen, Carolyn, Colleen, Robin, Carmen, Karen, Elaine, Charlene, Linda, Sharon, Billie
Names related to Carleen
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Carleen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carleen, updated 20 October 2026.