Charity
#1,981 for girls in 2025, 97 births · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 1,420 births
- Debut · girls
- 29 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 35,518since 1880
Charity over time
Rank among girls' names. Charity has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,981 | 97 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,040 | 95 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,736 | 118 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,754 | 118 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,562 | 134 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,474 | 145 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,259 | 184 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,233 | 189 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,217 | 197 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,236 | 197 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,209 | 206 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,052 | 247 | — | |
| 2013 | #964 | 261 | — | |
| 2012 | #926 | 277 | — | |
| 2011 | #848 | 310 | — | |
| 2010 | #851 | 315 | — | |
| 2009 | #872 | 316 | — | |
| 2008 | #789 | 369 | — | |
| 2007 | #670 | 439 | — | |
| 2006 | #663 | 435 | — | |
| 2005 | #655 | 424 | — | |
| 2004 | #564 | 508 | — | |
| 2003 | #529 | 535 | — | |
| 2002 | #506 | 544 | — | |
| 2001 | #485 | 574 | — | |
| 2000 | #456 | 608 | — | |
| 1999 | #525 | 482 | — | |
| 1998 | #531 | 476 | — | |
| 1997 | #515 | 464 | — | |
| 1996 | #487 | 490 | — | |
| 1995 | #495 | 495 | — | |
| 1994 | #515 | 484 | — | |
| 1993 | #488 | 515 | — | |
| 1992 | #500 | 485 | — | |
| 1991 | #455 | 553 | — | |
| 1990 | #458 | 536 | — | |
| 1989 | #433 | 568 | — | |
| 1988 | #372 | 648 | — | |
| 1987 | #330 | 741 | — | |
| 1986 | #288 | 856 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #274 | 912 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #303 | 790 | — | |
| 1983 | #290 | 813 | — | |
| 1982 | #284 | 859 | — | |
| 1981 | #255 | 964 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #243 | 1,061 | — | |
| 1979 | #219 | 1,197 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #232 | 1,067 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #211 | 1,195 | — | |
| 1976 | #203 | 1,205 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #183 | 1,420 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #186 | 1,410 | — | |
| 1973 | #260 | 957 | — | |
| 1972 | #371 | 583 | — | |
| 1971 | #536 | 341 | — | |
| 1970 | #546 | 343 | — | |
| 1969 | #653 | 234 | — | |
| 1968 | #966 | 115 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,071 | 94 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,050 | 99 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,145 | 86 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,293 | 74 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,250 | 77 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,224 | 81 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,063 | 106 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,312 | 70 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,450 | 55 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,498 | 51 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,376 | 59 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,378 | 57 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,537 | 44 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,648 | 38 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,299 | 56 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,368 | 50 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,266 | 54 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,241 | 55 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,251 | 53 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,327 | 48 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,255 | 52 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,229 | 49 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,332 | 36 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,272 | 39 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,124 | 51 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,229 | 42 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,117 | 44 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,114 | 42 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,102 | 42 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,140 | 40 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,255 | 33 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,230 | 34 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,018 | 46 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,317 | 30 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,513 | 24 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,015 | 48 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,022 | 47 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,161 | 41 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,159 | 41 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,029 | 53 | — | |
| 1927 | #917 | 66 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,045 | 51 | — | |
| 1925 | #944 | 62 | — | |
| 1924 | #903 | 70 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,037 | 53 | — | |
| 1922 | #989 | 57 | — | |
| 1921 | #987 | 57 | — | |
| 1920 | #914 | 63 | — | |
| 1919 | #765 | 84 | — | |
| 1918 | #825 | 75 | — | |
| 1917 | #807 | 73 | — | |
| 1916 | #769 | 79 | — | |
| 1915 | #761 | 75 | — | |
| 1914 | #747 | 59 | — | |
| 1913 | #626 | 68 | — | |
| 1912 | #673 | 55 | — | |
| 1911 | #634 | 46 | — | |
| 1910 | #640 | 44 | — | |
| 1909 | #706 | 32 | — | |
| 1908 | #511 | 50 | — | |
| 1907 | #521 | 47 | — | |
| 1906 | #465 | 53 | — | |
| 1905 | #497 | 46 | — | |
| 1904 | #493 | 44 | — | |
| 1903 | #574 | 32 | — | |
| 1902 | #559 | 34 | — | |
| 1901 | #520 | 34 | — | |
| 1900 | #509 | 44 | — | |
| 1899 | #537 | 31 | — | |
| 1898 | #434 | 50 | — | |
| 1897 | #449 | 43 | — | |
| 1896 | #462 | 39 | — | |
| 1895 | #455 | 40 | — | |
| 1894 | #437 | 41 | — | |
| 1893 | #487 | 31 | — | |
| 1892 | #460 | 35 | — | |
| 1891 | #404 | 37 | — | |
| 1890 | #350 | 53 | — | |
| 1889 | #405 | 36 | — | |
| 1888 | #347 | 47 | — | |
| 1887 | #337 | 40 | — | |
| 1886 | #346 | 38 | — | |
| 1885 | #459 | 21 | — | |
| 1884 | #358 | 31 | — | |
| 1883 | #331 | 29 | — | |
| 1882 | #323 | 30 | — | |
| 1881 | #346 | 22 | — | |
| 1880 | #288 | 29 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Charity was already there! It came in at #288, and was given to 29 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 32 girls a year got the name.
See more about Charity
- 59 spots since 2024 (#2,040 → #1,981)
- 507 spots since 2020 (#1,474 → #1,981)
- 772 spots since 2015 (#1,209 → #1,981)
- Biggest jump: 313 spots in 1969 (#966 → #653)
- Biggest drop: 195 spots in 1909 (#511 → #706)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1975 at #183 (1,420 births)
- Births halved by 1988, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1968–2013
- Highest: 1 in 1,027 girls born in 1975 were named Charity (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,570 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 27.4% of all girls named Charity (9,718) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #288 (1880) → #1,648 (1954) → #183 (1975)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 323 | #288 (1880) | #354 |
| 1890s | 400 | #350 (1890) | #448 |
| 1900s | 416 | #465 (1906) | #536 |
| 1910s | 658 | #626 (1913) | #725 |
| 1920s | 573 | #903 (1924) | #992 |
| 1930s | 385 | #1,015 (1932) | #1,177 |
| 1940s | 456 | #1,114 (1940) | #1,225 |
| 1950s | 519 | #1,241 (1950) | #1,406 |
| 1960s | 1,036 | #653 (1969) | #1,103 |
| 1970s | 9,718 | #183 (1975) | #295 |
| 1980s | 8,212 | #243 (1980) | #307 |
| 1990s | 4,980 | #455 (1991) | #497 |
| 2000s | 4,752 | #456 (2000) | #619 |
| 2010s | 2,383 | #848 (2011) | #1,080 |
| 2020s | 707 | #1,474 (2020) | #1,758 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Charity in 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
girls
1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 1,027 of them was named Charity, which outranked 98.3% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 195,170 of them was named Charity, which outranked 37.8% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,659Vikas9
- #3,659Yvette9
- #3,659Zavier9
- #3,941Charity8
- #3,941Aashish8
- #3,941Abdula8
- #3,941Abrahm8
- #4,309Abayomi7
- #4,309Abdias7
- #4,309Acey7
Tied with 367 names at #3,941; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.