Karlene

Girl · recorded 1913–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1939best year

Most popular in 1939.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Karlene.

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Its story

Popularity since 1913

0356919131941196919962024

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 108 recorded years as a table
Karlene, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19138
19157
19185
19195
19205
19216
19224
19237
19249
19254
19268
19277
192813
192911
193010
193118
193223
193329
193433
193533
193654
193761
193853
193969
194056
194144
194258
194352
194453
194546
194653
194752
194850
194948
195044
195143
195242
195347
195438
195539
195642
195746
195849
195951
196046
196148
196250
196346
196443
196540
196644
196744
196840
196932
197032
197133
197224
197321
197429
197526
197620
197722
197819
197914
198022
198123
198219
198322
198418
198523
198614
198714
198821
198923
19908
199117
199212
199324
199416
199518
199618
199712
19987
19998
200012
200116
200212
20039
200413
20055
20069
20075
200810
20095
20105
20113
20125
20136
20143
20165
20178
20183
20193
20207
20214
20223
20235
20244

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Karlene isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
7
Rank in 2024
#12,161
How rare
1 in 231,455 girls
Since 1913
4,167

Karlene was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1939, at 69 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Karlene doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.