Charley

#760 for girls in 2025, 356 births · #1,826 for boys in 2025, 87 births
Given to boys 67.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#58
1880 · 305 births
Debut · boys
1880
305 births
In top 100 · boys
15 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
23,974
since 1880

Charley over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202008peak #489, 2014peak #58, 1880girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#760356#1,82687
2024#730386#1,83388
2023#723388#1,72796
2022#700421#1,85286
2021#617480#1,84184
2020#537561#1,79883
2019#551552#1,79086
2018#563553#1,625100
2017#514611#1,64496
2016#557560#1,87579
2015#520604#1,78085
2014#489641#1,87378
2013#515578#1,67589
2012#596484#1,90975
2011#625462#1,73085
2010#827324#1,67792
2009#958279#1,69892
2008#1,005263#1,87477
2007#1,088239#1,81180
2006#1,107226#2,01066
2005#1,191192#1,85469
2004#1,273168#1,72074
2003#1,579122#2,26947
2002#1,89793#2,29545
2001#2,21173#2,56237
2000#2,17473#2,22244
1999#1,99978#2,19942
1998#1,75190#2,27439
1997#1,84580#2,44933
1996#2,01469#1,84249
1995#2,21660#1,80148
1994#2,20960#1,92743
1993#2,41752#1,93342
1992#2,23959#2,04638
1991#2,44951#1,65250
1990#2,25856#1,51656
1989#1,99863#1,65847
1988#1,95262#1,48251
1987#1,83863#1,24861
1986#2,00354#1,19963
1985#2,22246#1,37150
1984#3,23326#1,13464
1983#3,94919#1,23955
1982#4,34717#1,07272
1981#3,53223#98684
1980#4,74315#1,02278
1979#4,23117#1,04471
1978#3,92418#1,04070
1977#4,65214#98975
1976#5,21511#1,12357
1975#5,9849#1,01965
1974—#96172
1973—#99266
1972—#94373
1971#7,3886#88684
1970—#83294
1969—#79096
1968#6,2466#82181
1967—#82276
1966—#80083
1965—#76493
1964#6,7675#760101
1963—#640149
1962—#729110
1961—#77698
1960—#676134
1959—#657137
1958—#669130
1957#4,2029#681125
1956—#640140
1955#4,7407#629140
1954#5,7535#646129
1953#5,0406#618138
1952#4,9086#559156
1951#3,48210#577144
1950#3,6629#506175
1949#3,17611#507173
1948#3,35010#522161
1947#3,44810#490188
1946—#510159
1945#3,3888#480156
1944#2,62512#432200
1943#1,99419#432208
1942#4,1246#438198
1941#2,39713#402208
1940#2,29713#404201
1939#2,73610#411192
1938#2,34013#362236
1937#2,31713#414188
1936#2,52111#350238
1935#1,77919#354240
1934#2,18714#343254
1933#2,8689#341246
1932#1,87718#328282
1931#2,30713#340258
1930#2,69011#323289
1929#1,95318#307323
1928#2,09417#315321
1927#2,43314#303365
1926#2,70812#288398
1925#1,84722#303350
1924#2,30816#275430
1923#2,91711#277421
1922#3,3799#273435
1921#2,28216#263456
1920#2,07918#249485
1919#2,38414#243470
1918#3,5128#247462
1917#2,55212#237457
1916#2,02816#230461
1915#2,38412#239414
1914#2,4349#224359
1913—#225278
1912—#200288
1911—#193160
1910#1,7738#167181
1909#2,2085#166147
1908—#153155
1907—#142164
1906—#131157
1905—#130168
1904—#127166
1903—#148126
1902—#113168
1901#1,3397#108158
1900—#103224
1899—#132120
1898—#110170
1897—#112156
1896—#111168
1895—#105178
1894—#99186
1893—#94191
1892—#92210
1891—#82193
1890—#93183
1889—#88199
1888—#77254
1887—#75221
1886—#81214
1885—#65285
1884—#63290
1883—#63254
1882—#67262
1881—#62266
1880—#58305
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Charley was already there! It came in at #58, and was given to 305 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1992–2003, when fewer than 50 boys a year got the name.

See more about Charley
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#1,833 → #1,826)
  • 28 spots since 2020 (#1,798 → #1,826)
  • 46 spots since 2015 (#1,780 → #1,826)
  • Biggest jump: 134 spots in 1977 (#1,123 → #989)
  • Biggest drop: 120 spots in 1964 (#640 → #760)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #58 (305 births)
  • Births halved by 1899, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 15 yrs · run 1880–1894
  • Top 1,000: 97 yrs · run 1880–1974
Share of babies · boys
1 in 362
  • Highest: 1 in 362 boys born in 1880 were named Charley (0.28%)
  • Latest: 1 in 19,633 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.6% of all boys named Charley (3,984) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1987
  • Mostly boys until 1986, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,550#58 (1880)#70
1890s1,755#82 (1891)#103
1900s1,633#103 (1900)#132
1910s3,530#167 (1910)#221
1920s3,984#249 (1920)#285
1930s2,423#323 (1930)#357
1940s1,852#402 (1941)#462
1950s1,414#506 (1950)#618
1960s1,021#640 (1963)#758
1970s727#832 (1970)#983
1980s625#986 (1981)#1,241
1990s440#1,516 (1990)#1,964
2000s631#1,698 (2009)#2,032
2010s865#1,625 (2018)#1,758
2020s524#1,727 (2023)#1,813

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Charley in 2008

girls
#1,005
263 births · 1 in 7,190 girls
boys
#1,874
77 births · 1 in 26,495 boys

Top girls' names in 2008

  1. #1Emma18,830
  2. #2Isabella18,629
  3. #3Emily17,448
  4. #4Olivia17,088
  5. #5Ava17,051
  6. #6Madison17,047
  7. #7Sophia16,091
  8. #8Abigail15,088
  9. #9Elizabeth12,027
  10. #10Chloe11,836
  11. #1,005Charley263

Top boys' names in 2008

  1. #1Jacob22,621
  2. #2Michael20,652
  3. #3Ethan20,223
  4. #4Joshua19,231
  5. #5Daniel19,032
  6. #6Alexander18,711
  7. #7Anthony18,417
  8. #8William18,403
  9. #9Christopher17,966
  10. #10Matthew17,604
  11. #1,874Charley77
More about 2008

girls

1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 7,190 of them was named Charley, which outranked 95.1% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Charley
  1. #1,002Carrie264
  2. #1,002Diya264
  3. #1,002Sloane264
  4. #1,005Charley263
  5. #1,005Aiyanna263
  6. #1,005Dalilah263
  7. #1,005Malaya263
  8. #1,010Maryam262
  9. #1,011Kamya261
  10. #1,011Kylah261

Tied with 4 names at #1,005; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,375Dayami#10,129 → #754
  2. ↑ 4,524Allisson#4,944 → #420
  3. ↑ 1,019Alisson#1,804 → #785
  4. ↑ 851Milagros#1,579 → #728
  5. ↑ 807Mareli#1,530 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Kelis#968 → #1,359
  2. ↓ 390Joselin#755 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 378Tyra#947 → #1,325
  4. ↓ 363Montana#932 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 337Allyssa#988 → #1,325

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

boys

2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 26,495 of them was named Charley, which outranked 87.2% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Charley
  1. #1,861Rio78
  2. #1,861Tiernan78
  3. #1,861Zamarion78
  4. #1,874Charley77
  5. #1,874Antoni77
  6. #1,874Antwone77
  7. #1,874Brayton77
  8. #1,899Aadi76
  9. #1,899Barron76
  10. #1,899Brenner76

Tied with 24 names at #1,874; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,801Urijah#3,687 → #886
  2. ↑ 1,035Jadiel#1,912 → #877
  3. ↑ 790Aaden#1,132 → #342
  4. ↑ 676Chace#1,337 → #661
  5. ↑ 500Marley#1,263 → #763
Fallers
  1. ↓ 688Kelan#977 → #1,665
  2. ↓ 286Talen#990 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 281Nery#901 → #1,182
  4. ↓ 250Kellan#883 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 250Efren#977 → #1,227

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

See the top 100 for 2008 →