Carlene
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Carlene is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Carlene mean?
Germanic
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Carlene a girl's or a boy's name?
Carlene is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carlene in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 10 girls.
Carlene in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 2 | #5,081 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
How popular is Carlene in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Carlene, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1955, with 370 girls. It first appears in the records in 1895.
2025 had fewer girls named Carlene than any year since 1907.
Half of all the girls named Carlene in the US since 1880 were born between 1941 and 1965, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carlene in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,570 |
| 2008 | 34 | #4,447 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,805 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,920 |
| 2000 | 82 | #2,012 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 40 | #3,113 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,362 |
| 1996 | 49 | #2,554 |
| 1995 | 59 | #2,239 |
| 1994 | 64 | #2,119 |
| 1993 | 75 | #1,878 |
| 1992 | 68 | #2,005 |
| 1991 | 90 | #1,650 |
| 1990 | 80 | #1,792 |
| 1989 | 75 | #1,783 |
| 1988 | 62 | #1,948 |
| 1987 | 64 | #1,811 |
| 1986 | 71 | #1,656 |
| 1985 | 77 | #1,561 |
| 1984 | 79 | #1,459 |
| 1983 | 82 | #1,423 |
| 1982 | 93 | #1,337 |
| 1981 | 87 | #1,406 |
| 1980 | 98 | #1,299 |
| 1979 | 88 | #1,394 |
| 1978 | 76 | #1,487 |
| 1977 | 73 | #1,498 |
| 1976 | 84 | #1,297 |
| 1975 | 86 | #1,291 |
| 1974 | 108 | #1,082 |
| 1973 | 107 | #1,074 |
| 1972 | 114 | #1,022 |
| 1971 | 141 | #919 |
| 1970 | 150 | #884 |
| 1969 | 189 | #737 |
| 1968 | 152 | #824 |
| 1967 | 180 | #730 |
| 1966 | 205 | #680 |
| 1965 | 239 | #632 |
| 1964 | 267 | #612 |
| 1963 | 262 | #622 |
| 1962 | 276 | #601 |
| 1961 | 302 | #577 |
| 1960 | 317 | #545 |
| 1959 | 333 | #531 |
| 1958 | 355 | #513 |
| 1957 | 342 | #515 |
| 1956 | 301 | #540 |
| 1955 | 370 | #472 |
| 1954 | 302 | #510 |
| 1953 | 339 | #459 |
| 1952 | 340 | #458 |
| 1951 | 290 | #483 |
| 1950 | 330 | #443 |
| 1949 | 298 | #464 |
| 1948 | 316 | #449 |
| 1947 | 353 | #435 |
| 1946 | 315 | #436 |
| 1945 | 257 | #443 |
| 1944 | 270 | #437 |
| 1943 | 309 | #415 |
| 1942 | 293 | #419 |
| 1941 | 321 | #380 |
| 1940 | 294 | #395 |
| 1939 | 294 | #384 |
| 1938 | 277 | #400 |
| 1937 | 254 | #405 |
| 1936 | 285 | #378 |
| 1935 | 234 | #424 |
| 1934 | 256 | #409 |
| 1933 | 208 | #452 |
| 1932 | 175 | #499 |
| 1931 | 156 | #527 |
| 1930 | 134 | #593 |
| 1929 | 140 | #578 |
| 1928 | 119 | #645 |
| 1927 | 92 | #747 |
| 1926 | 101 | #722 |
| 1925 | 67 | #905 |
| 1924 | 79 | #845 |
| 1923 | 64 | #912 |
| 1922 | 58 | #978 |
| 1921 | 54 | #1,017 |
| 1920 | 65 | #903 |
| 1919 | 53 | #984 |
| 1918 | 47 | #1,061 |
| 1917 | 45 | #1,054 |
| 1916 | 37 | #1,167 |
| 1915 | 42 | #1,025 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,147 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,405 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,477 |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,300 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,634 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,471 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,135 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,416 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,592 |
Names like Carlene
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Charlotte Billie Connie Alice Bonnie Charlene Constance Bobbie Robyn Catherine Michelle Adele
Names related to Carlene
Caroline Carolyn Charleen Carlyn Carolanne Carlin Caraline Carlynn Carolyne
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles Myles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Carlene: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carlene, updated 20 October 2026.