Carlena

Gender: Girl
Say it: kar-LEE-nuh
Origin: Germanic
US rank, 2025: #10,913 for girls

Carlena is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).

What does Carlena mean?

Germanic: feminine elaboration of Carl

“free man”

Is Carlena a girl's or a boy's name?

Carlena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Carlena in the US?

Rank in 2025: 10,913th among girls
Babies in 2025: 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
Five-year trend: Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Carlena, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1975, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 1910.

Half of all the girls named Carlena in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.

1910Busiest: 42 in 19752025

Carlena in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	8	#10,913
2024	8	#11,117
2023	5	#15,188
2022	0	–
2021	5	#15,246
2020	6	#13,448
2019	7	#12,442
2018	9	#10,540
2017	6	#14,120
2016	6	#14,326
2015	11	#9,476
2014	20	#6,205
2013	10	#10,230
2012	12	#9,105
2011	8	#12,146
2010	8	#12,270
2009	10	#10,675
2008	16	#7,738
2007	10	#10,814
2006	13	#8,711
2005	11	#9,447
2004	17	#6,763
2003	13	#7,993
2002	6	#13,589
2001	12	#8,189
2000	17	#6,202
1999	9	#9,472
1998	18	#5,579
1997	20	#5,006
1996	15	#6,059
1995	17	#5,434
1994	19	#5,011
1993	18	#5,200
1992	24	#4,229
1991	16	#5,653
1990	18	#5,055
1989	14	#5,830
1988	19	#4,491
1987	18	#4,471
1986	18	#4,344
1985	22	#3,729
1984	17	#4,317
1983	23	#3,430
1982	23	#3,529
1981	28	#3,066
1980	25	#3,318
1979	21	#3,667
1978	20	#3,637
1977	22	#3,365
1976	18	#3,677
1975	42	#2,060
1974	18	#3,558
1973	32	#2,349
1972	20	#3,177
1971	19	#3,373
1970	15	#3,871
1969	23	#2,768
1968	17	#3,168
1967	16	#3,210
1966	18	#2,936
1965	19	#2,832
1964	21	#2,751
1963	21	#2,703
1962	17	#3,032
1961	23	#2,542
1960	16	#3,094
1959	17	#2,868
1958	5	#6,102
1957	14	#3,149
1956	21	#2,452
1955	8	#4,375
1954	6	#5,146
1953	12	#3,268
1952	8	#4,122
1951	11	#3,283
1950	9	#3,660
1949	8	#3,891
1948	11	#3,136
1947	14	#2,768
1946	6	#4,416
1945	6	#4,023
1944	8	#3,377
1943	8	#3,492
1942	18	#2,045
1941	6	#3,952
1940	5	#4,347
1939	7	#3,427
1938	11	#2,578
1937	7	#3,433
1936	7	#3,374
1935	8	#3,154
1934	13	#2,288
1933	0	–
1932	9	#3,045
1931	0	–
1930	0	–
1929	9	#3,135
1928	7	#3,741
1927	0	–
1926	6	#4,304
1925	9	#3,361
1924	7	#4,000
1923	9	#3,349
1922	9	#3,377
1921	6	#4,462
1920	8	#3,596
1919	0	–
1918	10	#3,023
1917	6	#4,081
1916	7	#3,550
1915	5	#4,272
1914	0	–
1913	0	–
1912	5	#2,977
1911	0	–
1910	7	#1,935