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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Carlena

Carlena was the 11132nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked 1969th; the most babies were born in 1975 (42). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,525 places. More babies were named Carlena in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#11,132 girls, up 2,656 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
8girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
197542 babies
Total since 1880
1,426babies recorded

Carlena popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#11,1328
2020#13,7886
2010#12,5018
2000#6,26017
1990#5,08818
1980#3,33225
1970#3,89215
1960#3,10216
1950#3,6989
1940#4,4475
1930——
1920#3,6658
1910#1,9697
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Carlena, counting every spelling?

Carlena is the most common spelling of a name family that had 8 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 8 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Carlena8#11,13226

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Carlena?

8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Carlena (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Carlena born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Carlena.

Chance of another Carlena in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Carlena?

About 1,200 people born in the US named Carlena are alive today, with a median age of 45; half are between 29 and 58. That makes Carlena mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Carlena: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Carlena, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Carlena

How popular is the name Carlena?

Carlena was the 11132nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked 1969th; the most babies were born in 1975 (42). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,525 places. More babies were named Carlena in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Carlena a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Carlena in the US.