Charlie
#133 for girls in 2025, 2,160 births · #145 for boys in 2025, 2,460 births
Given to boys 82.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 668 births
- Debut · boys
- 730 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 56 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 184,280since 1880
Charlie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #133 | 2,160 | #145 | 2,460 |
| 2024 | #140 | 2,113 | #176 | 2,094 |
| 2023 | #125 | 2,245 | #174 | 2,104 |
| 2022 | #123 | 2,341 | #178 | 2,110 |
| 2021 | #127 | 2,223 | #188 | 2,009 |
| 2020 | #122 | 2,239 | #204 | 1,872 |
| 2019 | #132 | 2,087 | #211 | 1,832 |
| 2018 | #153 | 1,851 | #218 | 1,730 |
| 2017 | #155 | 1,913 | #213 | 1,793 |
| 2016 | #185 | 1,767 | #227 | 1,711 |
| 2015 | #207 | 1,562 | #231 | 1,674 |
| 2014 | #230 | 1,439 | #225 | 1,696 |
| 2013 | #241 | 1,327 | #233 | 1,565 |
| 2012 | #306 | 1,045 | #233 | 1,537 |
| 2011 | #375 | 856 | #236 | 1,521 |
| 2010 | #459 | 672 | #245 | 1,431 |
| 2009 | #617 | 490 | #274 | 1,255 |
| 2008 | #736 | 406 | #306 | 1,090 |
| 2007 | #784 | 367 | #334 | 956 |
| 2006 | #777 | 355 | #337 | 931 |
| 2005 | #958 | 257 | #329 | 934 |
| 2004 | #1,038 | 223 | #350 | 812 |
| 2003 | #1,212 | 175 | #368 | 709 |
| 2002 | #1,197 | 170 | #416 | 599 |
| 2001 | #1,378 | 138 | #439 | 553 |
| 2000 | #1,425 | 129 | #450 | 528 |
| 1999 | #1,321 | 136 | #427 | 548 |
| 1998 | #1,330 | 132 | #453 | 495 |
| 1997 | #1,291 | 135 | #465 | 470 |
| 1996 | #1,269 | 137 | #477 | 459 |
| 1995 | #1,392 | 118 | #447 | 510 |
| 1994 | #1,433 | 111 | #477 | 448 |
| 1993 | #1,507 | 104 | #478 | 441 |
| 1992 | #1,643 | 92 | #450 | 487 |
| 1991 | #1,277 | 131 | #430 | 518 |
| 1990 | #1,334 | 120 | #422 | 537 |
| 1989 | #1,615 | 86 | #408 | 522 |
| 1988 | #1,230 | 121 | #394 | 502 |
| 1987 | #1,280 | 109 | #366 | 533 |
| 1986 | #1,254 | 108 | #354 | 536 |
| 1985 | #1,536 | 79 | #343 | 549 |
| 1984 | #1,535 | 74 | #344 | 541 |
| 1983 | #2,236 | 43 | #335 | 554 |
| 1982 | #1,873 | 57 | #353 | 517 |
| 1981 | #1,809 | 61 | #308 | 615 |
| 1980 | #1,624 | 71 | #322 | 596 |
| 1979 | #1,596 | 71 | #289 | 697 |
| 1978 | #1,690 | 62 | #289 | 659 |
| 1977 | #1,380 | 81 | #310 | 608 |
| 1976 | #1,662 | 59 | #310 | 566 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 | #315 | 565 |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 | #322 | 553 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 | #296 | 612 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | #289 | 641 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #290 | 696 |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 | #273 | 768 |
| 1969 | #2,704 | 24 | #268 | 770 |
| 1968 | #2,482 | 25 | #267 | 740 |
| 1967 | #2,079 | 32 | #249 | 804 |
| 1966 | #2,094 | 31 | #250 | 836 |
| 1965 | #2,247 | 28 | #236 | 964 |
| 1964 | #2,071 | 33 | #229 | 1,070 |
| 1963 | #1,754 | 43 | #221 | 1,163 |
| 1962 | #1,782 | 41 | #220 | 1,223 |
| 1961 | #1,720 | 44 | #225 | 1,224 |
| 1960 | #1,673 | 45 | #221 | 1,247 |
| 1959 | #1,516 | 51 | #204 | 1,415 |
| 1958 | #1,435 | 55 | #195 | 1,428 |
| 1957 | #1,238 | 72 | #193 | 1,453 |
| 1956 | #1,210 | 74 | #185 | 1,528 |
| 1955 | #1,186 | 71 | #184 | 1,437 |
| 1954 | #1,076 | 83 | #181 | 1,460 |
| 1953 | #1,078 | 80 | #174 | 1,534 |
| 1952 | #1,028 | 83 | #161 | 1,663 |
| 1951 | #902 | 102 | #153 | 1,686 |
| 1950 | #876 | 102 | #151 | 1,678 |
| 1949 | #813 | 115 | #146 | 1,833 |
| 1948 | #816 | 113 | #144 | 1,902 |
| 1947 | #808 | 117 | #145 | 1,914 |
| 1946 | #771 | 113 | #135 | 1,787 |
| 1945 | #707 | 111 | #128 | 1,725 |
| 1944 | #643 | 131 | #120 | 1,881 |
| 1943 | #621 | 148 | #122 | 1,835 |
| 1942 | #686 | 118 | #118 | 1,869 |
| 1941 | #669 | 111 | #115 | 1,756 |
| 1940 | #602 | 134 | #111 | 1,762 |
| 1939 | #575 | 136 | #112 | 1,748 |
| 1938 | #580 | 140 | #112 | 1,801 |
| 1937 | #519 | 161 | #110 | 1,757 |
| 1936 | #578 | 130 | #103 | 1,837 |
| 1935 | #565 | 128 | #100 | 1,926 |
| 1934 | #554 | 135 | #100 | 1,892 |
| 1933 | #502 | 161 | #95 | 1,978 |
| 1932 | #515 | 160 | #90 | 2,127 |
| 1931 | #514 | 161 | #94 | 1,975 |
| 1930 | #498 | 179 | #91 | 2,113 |
| 1929 | #495 | 185 | #87 | 2,185 |
| 1928 | #502 | 188 | #80 | 2,463 |
| 1927 | #493 | 201 | #80 | 2,512 |
| 1926 | #493 | 200 | #81 | 2,446 |
| 1925 | #529 | 182 | #78 | 2,578 |
| 1924 | #551 | 175 | #80 | 2,507 |
| 1923 | #519 | 183 | #79 | 2,471 |
| 1922 | #520 | 181 | #72 | 2,655 |
| 1921 | #625 | 139 | #76 | 2,574 |
| 1920 | #491 | 197 | #70 | 2,785 |
| 1919 | #472 | 199 | #66 | 2,891 |
| 1918 | #516 | 178 | #70 | 2,743 |
| 1917 | #546 | 151 | #67 | 2,536 |
| 1916 | #619 | 119 | #68 | 2,416 |
| 1915 | #576 | 126 | #75 | 2,193 |
| 1914 | #557 | 101 | #65 | 1,906 |
| 1913 | #587 | 76 | #62 | 1,618 |
| 1912 | #550 | 79 | #57 | 1,446 |
| 1911 | #650 | 44 | #45 | 978 |
| 1910 | #503 | 65 | #34 | 1,107 |
| 1909 | #624 | 39 | #36 | 833 |
| 1908 | #567 | 43 | #37 | 740 |
| 1907 | #554 | 43 | #35 | 793 |
| 1906 | #689 | 28 | #34 | 744 |
| 1905 | #556 | 39 | #34 | 801 |
| 1904 | #653 | 28 | #33 | 739 |
| 1903 | #527 | 37 | #32 | 739 |
| 1902 | #545 | 35 | #30 | 761 |
| 1901 | #591 | 28 | #31 | 654 |
| 1900 | #688 | 27 | #25 | 1,124 |
| 1899 | #514 | 33 | #31 | 678 |
| 1898 | #679 | 23 | #33 | 728 |
| 1897 | #644 | 23 | #30 | 714 |
| 1896 | #872 | 14 | #32 | 714 |
| 1895 | #770 | 17 | #27 | 767 |
| 1894 | #719 | 17 | #30 | 704 |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 | #30 | 691 |
| 1892 | #666 | 19 | #28 | 761 |
| 1891 | #669 | 16 | #23 | 707 |
| 1890 | #791 | 12 | #21 | 797 |
| 1889 | #802 | 11 | #29 | 685 |
| 1888 | #724 | 13 | #22 | 796 |
| 1887 | #693 | 11 | #24 | 642 |
| 1886 | #693 | 11 | #22 | 723 |
| 1885 | #745 | 9 | #23 | 705 |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 | #24 | 746 |
| 1883 | #615 | 10 | #22 | 643 |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 | #21 | 753 |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | #20 | 668 |
| 1880 | — | #21 | 730 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Charlie was already there! It came in at #21, and was given to 730 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1980–2002, when fewer than 620 boys a year got the name.
See more about Charlie
- 31 spots since 2024 (#176 → #145)
- 59 spots since 2020 (#204 → #145)
- 86 spots since 2015 (#231 → #145)
- Biggest jump: 48 spots in 2003 (#416 → #368)
- Biggest drop: 45 spots in 1982 (#308 → #353)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #20 (668 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 56 yrs · run 1880–1935
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 134 boys born in 1900 were named Charlie (0.75%)
- Latest: 1 in 694 boys born in 2025 (0.14%)
- Its best rank, #20 in 1881, was only 1 in 151 (0.66%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 13.7% of all boys named Charlie (25,176) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7,091 | #20 (1881) | #23 |
| 1890s | 7,261 | #21 (1890) | #29 |
| 1900s | 7,928 | #25 (1900) | #33 |
| 1910s | 19,834 | #34 (1910) | #61 |
| 1920s | 25,176 | #70 (1920) | #78 |
| 1930s | 19,154 | #90 (1932) | #101 |
| 1940s | 18,264 | #111 (1940) | #128 |
| 1950s | 15,282 | #151 (1950) | #178 |
| 1960s | 10,041 | #220 (1962) | #239 |
| 1970s | 6,365 | #273 (1970) | #298 |
| 1980s | 5,465 | #308 (1981) | #353 |
| 1990s | 4,913 | #422 (1990) | #453 |
| 2000s | 8,367 | #274 (2009) | #360 |
| 2010s | 16,490 | #211 (2019) | #227 |
| 2020s | 12,649 | #145 (2025) | #178 |
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.
Charlie in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 15,885 of them was named Charlie, which outranked 90.2% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,249Jo109
- #1,249Lakia109
- #1,249Mindi109
- #1,254Charlie108
- #1,254Ivory108
- #1,254Kady108
- #1,254Malia108
- #1,260Bernice107
- #1,260Cami107
- #1,260Consuelo107
Tied with 5 names at #1,254; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 3,436 of them was named Charlie, which outranked 95.5% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.