# Karlene (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/karlene/  
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 | /kɑɹˈlin/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,167 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,167 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 10 | 11,073 |
| 2010 | 9 | 11,742 |
| 2011 | 5 | 18,160 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11,733 |
| 2013 | 11 | 9,910 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,583 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,305 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8,539 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,854 |
| 2019 | 5 | 16,746 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,232 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,836 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16,480 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11,693 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,782 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |

## 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.