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Carleen

Carleen was most popular in 1961, when 168 girls got the name. In 2025, fewer than 5 girls were named Carleen.

6,744babies since 1880
1961most popular year
#650best rank, 1949
n/arank in 2025

Babies named Carleen each year in the US

Girls

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See the numbers by decade
DecadeGirls
1900s11
1910s111
1920s294
1930s637
1940s1,055
1950s1,498
1960s1,329
1970s752
1980s437
1990s370
2000s157
2010s79
2020s14

Carleen in other countries

Out of every 10,000 girls born each year, how many were named Carleen.

US England and Wales Scotland

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CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 1961 1 in 12,015 n/a
England and Wales 1978 1 in 13,503 n/a
Scotland 1989 1 in 9,587 n/a

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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