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Karlene

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 4,277

Scotland

#611

1993 births

Karlene is a girl's name. In 2024 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1959, when 104 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1913.

Karlene over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

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Births named Karlene by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 24
1920s 87
1930s 408
1940s 741
1950s 853
1960s 798
1970s 372
1980s 344
1990s 255
2000s 176
2010s 71
2020s (to 2024) 38

How popular is Karlene?

In 2024, Karlene was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Karlene is used

Scotland #611 4 in 1993
Canada #2,923 5 in 2001
France #4,310 5 in 1997
England & Wales #5,494 3 in 2003
United States #13,127 7 in 2024

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 Karlene

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

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Sibling names for Karlene

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

Common questions about Karlene

How popular is the name Karlene?

In 2024, Karlene was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Karlene is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Karlene most popular?

Karlene peaked in 1959, when 104 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.