# Charlene (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/charlene/  
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 | /ʃɑɹˈlin/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Charlie |
| Variant spellings | Sharlene, Charlyne, Charleen, Charlayne, Charlaine, Charlena |
| US babies named this | 134,111 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 382 / 133,729 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 735, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A feminine form of Charles coined in the nineteenth century. Compare Marlene, Helene and Magdalene for the suffix.

## 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 | 134 | 1,612 |
| 2012 | 134 | 1,613 |
| 2013 | 116 | 1,766 |
| 2014 | 159 | 1,427 |
| 2015 | 146 | 1,533 |
| 2016 | 147 | 1,534 |
| 2017 | 153 | 1,467 |
| 2018 | 112 | 1,818 |
| 2019 | 111 | 1,834 |
| 2020 | 119 | 1,704 |
| 2021 | 114 | 1,780 |
| 2022 | 111 | 1,829 |
| 2023 | 102 | 1,935 |
| 2024 | 115 | 1,753 |
| 2025 | 99 | 1,948 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 8 | 3,030 |
| 1969 | 8 | 3,356 |
| 1970 | 7 | 3,907 |
| 1971 | 7 | 4,033 |
| 1972 | 6 | 4,521 |
| 1973 | 7 | 4,134 |
| 1974 | 5 | 5,328 |
| 1976 | 7 | 4,514 |
| 1977 | 5 | 5,982 |
| 1978 | 6 | 5,158 |
| 1982 | 5 | 6,523 |
| 1984 | 6 | 5,684 |
| 1986 | 11 | 3,920 |
| 1988 | 7 | 5,858 |
| 1990 | 5 | 8,317 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 1,374 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,893 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,707 |
| 2014 | 12 | 2,203 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,783 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,939 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,278 |

## In other languages

- French: Charlène
- Hebrew: שרלין
- Japanese: シャーリーン
- Portuguese: Charlene
- Russian: Шарлин

## People named Charlene

- Charlene Tilton, American actress
- Charlène Guignard, French-Italian ice dancer
- Charlene Holt, American actress (1928–1996)
- Charlene, American singer
- Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken, British+Dutch businesswoman, heiress (Heineken International) and billionaire
- Charlene Gonzales, Binibining Pilipinas 1994, Top 6 at Miss Universe 1994
- Charlene Morett, field hockey player and coach
- Charlene Amoia, American actress (born 1982)
- Charlene Mitchell, American politician
- Charlene Barshefsky, American trade representative
- Charlene Rendina, Australian athlete
- Charlene Carruthers, black queer feminist activist

## 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.