Feminine dossier · first seen 1895

Carlene

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Carlene
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.8% from peak

Peak era

1955

Peak rank proxy

370

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1895Peak 19552024

Peak year

1955

Decline from peak

96.8%

2024

All-time

15,219

Carlene once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1955, when 370 girls were named Carlene.

In 2024, only 12 girls were given the name.

Down 96.8% from its peak.

All told, about 15,219 Americans have been named Carlene and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1895.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.8% from peak

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