# Carlene (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/carlene/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Karlyn |
| US babies named this | 15,225 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 15,225 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 27, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A 20th-century coinage from Carl and the ending -ene, -lene, as in Marlene and Charlene.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 5,772 |
| 2012 | 17 | 7,205 |
| 2013 | 18 | 6,792 |
| 2014 | 19 | 6,505 |
| 2015 | 17 | 7,039 |
| 2016 | 18 | 6,711 |
| 2017 | 16 | 7,163 |
| 2018 | 20 | 6,065 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7,819 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,499 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,454 |
| 2022 | 15 | 7,347 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,399 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8,551 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,373 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 8 | 1,958 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,770 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,725 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |

## People named Carlene

- Carlene Carter, American country singer-songwriter
- Jazz, American professional wrestler

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.