Char
- Last seen for girls in 1997 at #13,724
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 26 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 488since 1945
Char over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Char has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
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| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 |
| 1960 | #2,307 | 26 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 |
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| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 |
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| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 |
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First appearance
1945
The first year at least five girls were named Char! It came in at #4,556, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1947, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Char is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Char in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 1960 at #2,307 (26 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 76,748
- Highest: 1 in 76,748 girls born in 1973 were named Char (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 348,142 girls born in 1997 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,307 in 1960, was only 1 in 77,767 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 28.3% of all girls named Char (138) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1940s | 30 | #3,137 (1948) | #3,981 |
| 1950s | 102 | #2,327 (1952) | #3,800 |
| 1960s | 126 | #2,307 (1960) | #4,146 |
| 1970s | 138 | #3,342 (1973) | #4,682 |
| 1980s | 61 | #5,885 (1981) | #8,442 |
| 1990s | 31 | #5,835 (1990) | #11,196 |
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.
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