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How popular is the name Charlene?
Births per year, rank history and how many Charlenes are alive today.
Charlene (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 2278th in 2025 and given to 12 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1984, when around 410 babies were given the name, the 72nd most popular that year. It has declined since 1984; the 2025 figure is roughly 3% of its peak. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Charlene is one spelling of a name also recorded as Sharleen and Sharlene; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Charlene you are most likely to meet is around 42 years old. Half of all Charlenes born in England and Wales are between 36 and 46, and there are at least 6,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 2.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Charlene.
How many babies are named Charlene each year?
Includes all spellings: Charlene, Sharleen, Sharlene. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Charlene spelling rank?
Where does the Sharleen spelling rank?
Where does the Sharlene spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Charlene most popular?
Charlene peaked in 1984, when around 410 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Charlene?
At least 6,700 people named Charlene in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Charlene?
Most living Charlenes are between 36 and 46; the most common age is about 42.
Is Charlene becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1984 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.