Feminine dossier · first seen 1888

Charlene

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

Endangered Down 96.8% from peak

Peak era

1952

Peak rank proxy

3,546

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1888Peak 19522024

Peak year

1952

Decline from peak

96.8%

2024

115

All-time

133,629

Charlene 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 1952, when 3,546 girls were named Charlene.

In 2024, only 115 girls were given the name.

Down 96.8% from its peak.

All told, about 133,629 Americans have been named Charlene and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1888.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.8% from peak

19523,546 girls named Charlene

2024115 girls named Charlene

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