Female name
Carlene
15,225 births (United States, 1880–2025), peaking in 1955. Expression number: 4.
Origin
A 20th-century coinage from Carl and the ending -ene, -lene, as in Marlene and Charlene.From Wiktionary, entry “Carlene”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In the United States
Peak in 1955: 370 births. 15,225 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. It really came into use around 1914. It is still given: 48 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
4
work, structure, stability
3 + 1 + 9 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 31 → 4
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
11
intuition and inspiration (master number)
1 + 5 + 5 = 11
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
2
cooperation, sensitivity, connection
3 + 9 + 3 + 5 = 20 → 2
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 4, 6, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 5 · freedom, change, movement
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.