Quick answers about Karlene
How many people are named Karlene?
An estimated 2,643 living Americans are named Karlene.
How rare is Karlene?
Karlene fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Karlene?
The median age of a living American named Karlene is approximately 59 years, with most bearers falling between 41 and 69 years old.
Is Karlene still popular?
Not especially. Karlene has been declining since its 1959 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Karlene most common?
Karlene has its strongest geographic signal in Michigan, where it appears 2.0× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Karlene is most concentrated in Michigan — about 2.0× the national rate in the 1940s.
States where Karlene is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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