Charla

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194

Peak · girls
1968 · 211 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,026
since 1917

Charla over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Charla has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #664, 1968girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023#15,1945
2022#9,68010
2021
2020#15,0885
2019#13,7996
2018#11,4278
2017#12,7137
2016#8,87512
2015#6,97717
2014#9,51711
2013#8,13514
2012#12,1998
2011#6,56419
2010#6,64119
2009#6,81119
2008#7,74216
2007#7,09218
2006#6,59219
2005#5,26624
2004#3,98935
2003#4,80426
2002#7,44414
2001#5,36421
2000#4,98123
1999#5,66118
1998#4,14227
1997#4,12526
1996#3,42933
1995#3,08737
1994#2,84842
1993#2,53349
1992#3,03638
1991#1,97970
1990#1,89274
1989#1,52394
1988#1,76971
1987#1,60977
1986#1,314101
1985#1,36196
1984#1,216107
1983#1,252100
1982#1,178116
1981#1,114124
1980#966153
1979#995143
1978#969143
1977#758200
1976#755191
1975#951132
1974#841156
1973#808162
1972#804168
1971#757193
1970#719210
1969#670219
1968#664211
1967#710189
1966#686202
1965#771165
1964#776177
1963#755186
1962#748191
1961#802170
1960#827159
1959#796164
1958#829150
1957#782165
1956#694190
1955#700180
1954#777145
1953#795134
1952#794129
1951#737141
1950#777124
1949#787120
1948#871100
1947#808117
1946#84396
1945#667122
1944#681120
1943#1,08754
1942#99761
1941#1,24337
1940#1,20337
1939#1,16039
1938#1,43727
1937#1,63022
1936#1,50724
1935#2,30513
1934#3,1598
1933#2,16114
1932#2,83110
1931#1,94117
1930#2,84510
1929#3,1379
1928#3,4368
1927#3,5618
1926#3,8737
1925#3,6648
1924#4,0027
1923
1922#3,15210
1921#4,4646
1920#4,3986
1919
1918#4,8095
1917#4,0836
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five girls were named Charla! It came in at #4,083, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1918–1919, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Charla is popular in 1970

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedMNIllinois: #723 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 7,976 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedWIMichigan: #564 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,173 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedRIOregon: #411 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,873 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedIAIndiana: #487 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,785 girlsINOhio: #840 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,737 girlsOHPennsylvania: #973 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 17,188 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #742 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 7,132 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedNEMissouri: #358 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,728 girlsMOKentucky: #461 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,331 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedNMKansas: #412 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,950 girlsKSArkansas: #321 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,946 girlsARTennessee: #580 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,298 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #283 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,467 girlsOKLouisiana: #567 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,344 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Charla, so not publishedHITexas: #501 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 3,361 girlsTXFlorida: #781 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,934 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oklahoma#283 · 1 in 1,467
  2. Arkansas#321 · 1 in 1,946
  3. Missouri#358 · 1 in 2,728
  4. Oregon#411 · 1 in 2,873
  5. Kansas#412 · 1 in 2,950

Best ever in a state: #203 in Oklahoma, 1965.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#283121 in 1,467
Arkansas#32171 in 1,946
Missouri#358131 in 2,728
Oregon#41151 in 2,873
Kansas#41251 in 2,950
Kentucky#46161 in 4,331
Indiana#48791 in 4,785
Texas#501311 in 3,361
Michigan#564121 in 6,173
Louisiana#56771 in 4,344
Tennessee#58051 in 6,298
Illinois#723111 in 7,976
California#742231 in 7,132
Florida#78161 in 7,934
Ohio#84071 in 12,737
Pennsylvania#97351 in 17,188
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Charla
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 406 spots in 1944 (#1,087#681)
  • Biggest drop: 211 spots in 1978 (#758#969)
Rise & fade · girls
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 1968 at #664 (211 births)
  • Births halved by 1983, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1944–1980
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,666
  • Highest: 1 in 7,666 girls born in 1977 were named Charla (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #664 in 1968, was only 1 in 7,774 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 23.3% of all girls named Charla (1,869) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s11#4,083 (1917)#4,446
1920s69#3,137 (1929)#3,743
1930s184#1,160 (1939)#2,098
1940s864#667 (1945)#919
1950s1,522#694 (1956)#768
1960s1,869#664 (1968)#741
1970s1,698#719 (1970)#836
1980s1,039#966 (1980)#1,330
1990s414#1,892 (1990)#3,273
2000s215#3,989 (2004)#6,009
2010s121#6,564 (2011)#9,685
2020s20#9,680 (2022)#13,321

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.

Charla in 1970

girls
#719
210 births · 1 in 8,324 girls

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #719Charla210
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 8,324 of them was named Charla, which outranked 92.3% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Charla
  1. #715Susanna215
  2. #717Adrian214
  3. #718Carolina213
  4. #719Charla210
  5. #719Lashonda210
  6. #721Tana209
  7. #722Latasha208
  8. #722Sheree208

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. 1,541Tanisha#2,515#974
  2. 1,194India#1,955#761
  3. 695Shay#1,648#953
  4. 685Terra#1,303#618
  5. 669Dyan#1,648#979
Fallers
  1. 385Cinnamon#698#1,083
  2. 306Kaye#932#1,238
  3. 303Luanne#990#1,293
  4. 273Laureen#845#1,118
  5. 273Lesia#965#1,238

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1970