How Many People Are Named Carleen?
An estimated 4,436 people in the United States have the first name Carleen. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 59 years old, and Carleen peaked in popularity in 1961 with 168 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Carleen as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Carleen paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
4,436
About 1 in 77,267 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
59
years old
Peak Year
1961
168 births
Total Registered
6,744
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Carleen
Carleen is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 6,744 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Carleen as a female name
Ranked #15,753 in 2022
5 female births in 2022
Peak: 1961 (168 births)
Carleen: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Carleen span from the 1900s to the 2020s, covering 13 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1950s, when 1,498 babies were registered. Carleen has declined significantly from its peak in the 1950s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Carleen by Decade
How has Carleen tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Carleen by State
Birth registrations for Carleen span all 32 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Michigan. The lowest are in Tennessee, South Dakota, Nebraska. On average, about 89 Carleens were registered per state.
Carleen + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Carleen as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Carleen
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Carleen: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Carleen?
We estimate approximately 4,436 people named Carleen are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 77,267 Americans share this first name.
Is Carleen a common name?
Carleen is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 96.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 6,744 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Carleen most popular?
Carleen reached peak popularity in 1961, when 168 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Carleen is approximately 59 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Carleen a female name?
Carleen is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Carleen Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Carleen Smith, Carleen Johnson, Carleen Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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