Name meaning & stats
Charlene
Charlene means “free man” (Germanic origin). 113,548 US babies since 1940, peak 1952.
What it means
“free man”
GermanicFeminine form of Charles
In US birth records
Peak year: 1952
113,548 US babies were named Charlene between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Charlene (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 89% of the family
- Charlene 89%
- Charleen 5%
- Charline 3%
- Charlyn 1%
- Charlean 1%
- Charlynn 1%
- Charlyne 1%
- Charlaine <1%
- Charlane <1%
- Charlayne <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1952)