Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Charlene

Gender

Female

Origin

Germanic
Small Beauty
English
Free man

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Exotic

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Charlene

Pronunciation

ch(a)-rle-ne, char-lene

Famous People

Princess Charlene of Monaco, Singer Charlene Kaye, Actress Charlene Tilton, Writer Charlene Weir

Celebrity Babies

Daughter of Roger Federer

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1964 (rank #2205, 14 births); most recent 1990 (rank #8109, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1952 (rank #106, 3,542 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1942, 99 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–99
2024–115
2023–102
2022–111
2021–114
2020–119
2019–111
2018–112
2017–153
2016–147

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 1996 (rank #410, 78 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2277, 12 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202512
20248
20237
20226
20215
202014
20198
201811
20178
201611

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1990 (rank #43, 2,198 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1081, 33 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202333
202238
202154
202041
201949
201876
201777
201689
2015111
2014121

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1988 (rank #52, 136 births); most recent 2015 (rank #895, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1988 (rank #25, 274 births); most recent 2010 (rank #802, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2002 (rank #188, 8 births); most recent 2006 (rank #384, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1969 (rank #63, 60 births); most recent 2018 (rank #594, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
20186
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence