first name
KARLENE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,350 people named Karlene, 63% reported their origin as White, 27.1% as Black and 4% 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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Karlene peaked in 1959, when 104 babies got the name.
At least 4,167 babies have been given the name since 1913. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Karlene by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,643. The largest share of babies named Karlene, 39.7%, 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 Karlene is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Karlene has been most common in Iowa (4.2×), Minnesota (3.4×), and Michigan (3.1×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.93×).
1,148 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 Karlene, most common first.
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