Carlen
The Story of Carlen
As a girl name
Carlen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1941, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1971: 18 births, good for #3,507 nationwide. About 23% of every Carlen on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Carlen last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 466 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Carlen on the record books as a boy name in 1930, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2000, when 9 Carlens were born — ranking #6,839 that year. About 22% of every Carlen on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Carlen last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 101 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Carlen
Carlen is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1941 and has accumulated 466 births in the dataset. Carlen's peak popularity came in 1971 when it ranked #3,507. Use the chart and map above to compare Carlen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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