Charlene

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Charlene: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Charlene: Recorded every year since 1976, it reached #52 in 1988, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
75times a registrar ranked it
49years from first to last
#52highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Charlene's record

Ranked every year since 1976, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#410
1997	#449
1998	#542
1999	#548
2000	#748
2001	#657
2002	#842
2003	#583
2004	#788
2005	#1045
2006	#909
2007	#1234
2008	#1065
2009	#1909
2010	#1653
2011	#1374
2012	#1893
2013	#1707
2014	#2203
2015	#1783
2016	#2367
2017	#2925
2018	#2340
2019	#2869
2020	#1939
2021	#3961
2022	#3533
2023	#3218
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 38 of the 40 years from 1976 to 2015.

In 2015: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1783 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1976–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1976
First recorded at #497 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1976 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1976–2015
Highest recorded position: #52 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1988 (recorded 1976–2015).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Charlene appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 38 years beginning in 1976, and has registered 1,100 births with the name.

Charlene across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Charlene's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#497 (1976)	#52 (1988)	#896 (2015)	38 of 40	1,100 (1976–2015)	136 (1988)
England and Wales · Girls	#410 (1996)	#410 (1996)	#3015 (2024)	29 of 29	723 (1996–2024)	78 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#204 (1997)	#188 (2002)	#384 (2006)	8 of 10	42 (1997–2006)	8 (1997)

Charlene by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Charlene in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	32	4 of 10	8
1980sbusiest	720	10 of 10	72
1990s	266	10 of 10	27
2000s	64	9 of 10	7
2010s	18	5 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 72 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1987 and 1988, when recorded births rose by 63, from 73 to 136.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Charlene appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1976 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #52 in Republic of Ireland in 1988.

Charlene's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1939	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1783	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2203	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1707	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1893	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1374	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1909	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1065	28	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1234	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#909	32	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1045	24	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#788	35	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#583	50	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#842	28	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#657	39	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#748	31	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#548	51	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#542	50	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#449	65	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#410	78	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#188	8	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#293	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#282	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#213	7	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#204	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	8	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#597	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#347	10	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	8	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#278	11	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	10	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	7	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#293	8	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	23	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#279	11	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#187	23	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#158	28	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#134	39	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#135	40	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#147	34	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	53	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#80	83	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#52	136	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#98	73	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#102	66	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#93	77	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#106	67	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	63	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	59	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#167	39	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#134	57	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#236	19	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1976 and 2024, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #52, first reached in 1988.

It held a top-100 place in 4 years, 3 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 136 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1988.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 21 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Charley · #115, 31y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aoibheann · #50, 54y
Sanna · #45, 49y
Tanja · #60, 46y
Marcin · #42, 49y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Aodhan · #52, 45y
Carly · #52, 46y
Arran · #51, 40y
Francesca · #53, 49y

Charlene was ranked #52 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1988. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Charlene and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Charlene without appearing here.

Charlene moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2869 and #5591.
Brittany Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3533 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #4843.
Katrina Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #2504 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #4192.
Kim Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #4192.

Moved ahead of Charlene

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1939 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #1286.
Dylan Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1939 and #2300 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #1454.
Pamela Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1939 and #2615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #1628.
Marilyn Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1939 and #2300 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #1692.

Moved the opposite way to Charlene

Abigail Compare
Between 1976 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Charlene went from #497 to #896 while Abigail went from #271 to #56.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1976 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Charlene went from #497 to #896 while Alexandra went from #263 to #78.
Alice Compare
Between 1976 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Charlene went from #497 to #896 while Alice went from #138 to #40.
Amy Compare
Between 1976 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Charlene went from #497 to #896 while Amy went from #185 to #36.

Moved the same way as Charlene

Alma Compare
Between 1976 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Charlene went from #497 to #896 and Alma from #229 to #581.
Audrey Compare
Between 1976 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Charlene went from #497 to #896 and Audrey from #52 to #532.
Camilla Compare
Between 1976 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Charlene went from #497 to #896 and Camilla from #497 to #751.
Eileen Compare
Between 1976 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Charlene went from #497 to #896 and Eileen from #52 to #362.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1976 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #52 in Republic of Ireland in 1988. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Charlene

Charlene at a glance

What stands out in Charlene's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Charlene across 3 official records

Charlene by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Charlene appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Charlene and the names beside it

Charlene moved ahead of

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Charlene at a glance

What stands out in Charlene's record

Charlene across 3 official records

Charlene by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Charlene appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Charlene

Charlene and the names beside it

Charlene moved ahead of

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