Careen

Girls' name

Variant of Carreen

Careen has been given to 213 babies in the U.S. since 1936. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1962, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Careen, 1993

1 in 628,000

Careen over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Careen: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Carreen

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Careen means

Careen is a variant of Carreen.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Careen is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /kə.ˈɹin/ for Careen.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Carreen.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 213 girls were recorded with the name Careen between 1936 and 1993. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1962; its best national rank was #3,813 in 1939.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Careen?

Careen had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1993, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1993: 1 in 628,000; 6 of 3,768,729 births
Among girls only: 1 in 301,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1993: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 435,382 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Careen sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1993 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 435,382 children born in 1993 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Careen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Careens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Careen was born before 1968 — so the typical Careen is around 57 today.

Median birth year: 1968; About 57 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 29.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 49.8%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 185; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 29.6% of all recorded uses (63).

Is Careen rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1962 (10)
Years since peak: 63; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 10.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,813; 1939

Spellings of Careen

Careen is not the most common spelling — Karen is, with 60.4% against Careen's 0.01%.

Karen60.4%987,989
Maureen8.8%144,276
Carmen8.7%142,795
Doreen2.8%46,431
Noreen1.2%20,108
Carley1.0%16,918
Carlene0.93%15,225
Maren0.80%13,059

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Careen around the world

Where Careen ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

Scotland
1980–1980
#436
in 1980
South Australia
1960–1982
#670
in 1982

Popularity data from National Records of Scotland and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Careen by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,813; 1939
Peak year: 1962; 10 that year
First recorded: 1936
Last recorded: 1993
All-time count: 213
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Careen

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Caroleen Carreen Carver Cariana Carrera Caragh Cartier Tuleen Caress Carsynn Carrin Sareen Caryle Carlon Carmin Carlis Carlei Sireen Zareen Afreen Rameen Carrah Carmine Carely

Sibling names for Careen

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Donita Tena Jeanetta Patrica Tana Treva Jonna Edie

For a brother

Tod Greggory Mitch Berry Art Toney Kris Lenny

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