Charlton

Last seen for girls in 1998 at #14,122 · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1890 · 7 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,530
since 1888

Charlton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Charlton has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201981peak #814, 1890boys
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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#5,86115
2024#8,9878
2023#8,2559
2022#6,47913
2021#6,03214
2020#5,23517
2019#6,40613
2018#6,03614
2017#4,59421
2016#6,05314
2015#4,89019
2014#4,01425
2013#5,92314
2012#4,68620
2011#3,88526
2010#4,51721
2009#3,39932
2008#3,10337
2007#4,64020
2006#3,30632
2005#2,56743
2004#3,86023
2003#2,67437
2002#3,45025
2001#2,48939
2000#2,42539
1999#2,51035
1998#14,1225#2,78229
1997#2,54631
1996#3,40620
1995#1,75850
1994#2,01241
1993#1,79247
1992#1,77847
1991#1,82343
1990#1,68548
1989#1,45257
1988#1,40455
1987#1,37953
1986#1,24260
1985#1,37150
1984#1,29451
1983#1,39945
1982#1,41545
1981#1,39646
1980#1,27253
1979#1,31949
1978#1,48739
1977#1,14458
1976#1,33344
1975#93876
1974#1,07359
1973#1,22346
1972#1,16349
1971#90182
1970#1,06359
1969#1,25240
1968#1,28235
1967#1,04349
1966#1,13143
1965#1,16342
1964#98060
1963#1,05252
1962#1,06951
1961#1,07852
1960#1,16745
1959#99360
1958#1,06052
1957#1,16544
1956#1,12046
1955#1,10246
1954#1,11245
1953#1,33132
1952#1,93916
1951#2,6629
1950#1,94115
1949#2,12313
1948#1,81717
1947#1,78618
1946#2,03013
1945#2,00912
1944#2,4679
1943#1,91015
1942#2,26811
1941#1,68517
1940#2,08112
1939#1,39023
1938#2,32610
1937#1,68817
1936#3,1476
1935#2,24611
1934#2,12112
1933#1,70717
1932#2,10113
1931#1,53821
1930#3,2897
1929#2,58910
1928#1,82218
1927#2,29813
1926#2,18614
1925#2,01216
1924#1,53225
1923#1,69621
1922#1,64422
1921#1,82919
1920#2,05216
1919#1,57622
1918#1,71020
1917#1,58721
1916#1,41524
1915#1,50521
1914#3,2645
1913#1,44114
1912#1,41712
1911#1,5376
1910
1909#1,2776
1908
1907
1906#1,1116
1905#1,0916
1904#1,2055
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895#9786
1894
1893
1892#1,0665
1891
1890#8147
1889
1888#1,0315
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1888

The first year at least five boys were named Charlton! It came in at #1,031, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Charlton
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 3,126 spots since 2024 (#8,987#5,861)
  • 626 spots since 2020 (#5,235#5,861)
  • 971 spots since 2015 (#4,890#5,861)
  • Biggest jump: 162 spots in 1971 (#1,063#901)
  • Biggest drop: 395 spots in 1976 (#938#1,333)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1890 at #814 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · 1890–1975
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,861
  • Highest: 1 in 15,861 boys born in 1890 were named Charlton (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 15.9% of all boys named Charlton (561) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,031 (1888)#1,031
1890s18#814 (1890)#953
1900s23#1,091 (1905)#1,171
1910s145#1,415 (1916)#1,717
1920s174#1,532 (1924)#1,966
1930s137#1,390 (1939)#2,155
1940s137#1,685 (1941)#2,018
1950s365#993 (1959)#1,443
1960s469#980 (1964)#1,122
1970s561#901 (1971)#1,164
1980s515#1,242 (1986)#1,362
1990s391#1,685 (1990)#2,209
2000s327#2,425 (2000)#3,191
2010s187#3,885 (2011)#5,100
2020s76#5,235 (2020)#6,808

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.

Charlton in 1981

boys
#1,396
46 births · 1 in 38,939 boys

Top boys' names in 1981

  1. #1Michael68,750
  2. #2Christopher50,221
  3. #3Matthew43,330
  4. #4Jason41,927
  5. #5David40,629
  6. #6Joshua39,024
  7. #7James38,283
  8. #8John34,868
  9. #9Robert34,395
  10. #10Daniel30,985
  11. #1,396Charlton46
More about 1981

boys

1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 38,939 of them was named Charlton, which outranked 80.8% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Charlton
  1. #1,373Valentino47
  2. #1,373Viet47
  3. #1,373Yaakov47
  4. #1,396Charlton46
  5. #1,396Arnaldo46
  6. #1,396Dashawn46
  7. #1,396Hollis46
  8. #1,411Adriel45
  9. #1,411Antwone45
  10. #1,411Baby45

Tied with 14 names at #1,396; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. 1,321Marchello#2,162#841
  2. 1,104Skylar#2,058#954
  3. 816Kellen#1,432#616
  4. 499Marcello#1,291#792
  5. 456Tyrel#1,089#633
Fallers
  1. 306Kenyatta#871#1,177
  2. 284Seneca#718#1,002
  3. 247Kimberly#989#1,236
  4. 216Chadd#927#1,143
  5. 214Levar#911#1,125

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

See the top 100 for 1981