first name
CARLEEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,304 people named Carleen, 75.9% reported their origin as White, 12.8% as Black and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Carleen peaked in 1961, when 168 babies got the name.
At least 6,744 babies have been given the name since 1908. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Carleen by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,362. The largest share of babies named Carleen, 40.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Carleen is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Carleen has been most common in Rhode Island (4.2×), New York (2.4×), and California (2.2×), and least common in Texas (0.2×).
2,842 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Carleen, most common first.
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