girl's name

Charlen

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 110

Charlen is a girl's name. In 1987 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1966, when 11 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1936.

Charlen over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1930s to 1980s. The striped bar is the 1980s, still in progress — it covers 1980 to 1987, not a full ten years.

28
'30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80
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Births named Charlen by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1930s 11
1940s 17
1950s 5
1960s 28
1970s 13
1980s (to 1987) 6

How popular is Charlen?

In 1987, Charlen was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Charlen is used

France #3,638 5 in 1999
United States #9,958 6 in 1987

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Charlen

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Charlen also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Charlen over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Charlen

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Charlen — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Charlen

How popular is the name Charlen?

In 1987, Charlen was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Charlen is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Charlen most popular?

Charlen peaked in 1966, when 11 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.