Karleen
Girl · kar-LEEN · Germanic
Karleen is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Karleen mean?
Germanic: spelling of Carleen; feminine form of Carl
“free man”
A 20th-century feminine form of Carl, related to Caroline and Charlene.
- Say it
- kar-LEEN
Meaning borrowed from Carleen.
Is Karleen a girl's or a boy's name?
Karleen is a girls' name.
How popular is Karleen in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1964, with 74 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Karleen in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 1974, the years shaded on the chart below.
Karleen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,478 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,358 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,150 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 26 | #3,147 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | 25 | #2,931 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,683 |
| 1973 | 30 | #2,455 |
| 1972 | 30 | #2,398 |
| 1971 | 33 | #2,340 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,986 |
| 1969 | 45 | #1,835 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,678 |
| 1967 | 50 | #1,598 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,736 |
| 1965 | 46 | #1,655 |
| 1964 | 74 | #1,293 |
| 1963 | 65 | #1,372 |
| 1962 | 52 | #1,557 |
| 1961 | 49 | #1,611 |
| 1960 | 50 | #1,579 |
| 1959 | 61 | #1,369 |
| 1958 | 52 | #1,480 |
| 1957 | 60 | #1,365 |
| 1956 | 55 | #1,412 |
| 1955 | 60 | #1,302 |
| 1954 | 49 | #1,435 |
| 1953 | 49 | #1,388 |
| 1952 | 56 | #1,268 |
| 1951 | 53 | #1,276 |
| 1950 | 43 | #1,395 |
| 1949 | 57 | #1,200 |
| 1948 | 59 | #1,172 |
| 1947 | 48 | #1,317 |
| 1946 | 47 | #1,256 |
| 1945 | 51 | #1,099 |
| 1944 | 49 | #1,114 |
| 1943 | 45 | #1,205 |
| 1942 | 50 | #1,116 |
| 1941 | 45 | #1,101 |
| 1940 | 32 | #1,313 |
| 1939 | 34 | #1,265 |
| 1938 | 35 | #1,231 |
| 1937 | 43 | #1,085 |
| 1936 | 32 | #1,267 |
| 1935 | 37 | #1,162 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,086 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,773 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,876 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,305 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,190 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,622 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,732 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
Names like Karleen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kathleen Eileen Karen Robin Carolyn Linda Colleen Sharon Kelly Bonnie Heidi Elaine
Names related to Karleen
Karoline Karolyn Karaline Karalyn Karlyn Karlin Karelyn Karlene
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