Chari
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #10,250
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 41 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,202since 1941
Chari over time
Rank among girls' names. Chari has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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| rank | births | |
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| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
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| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
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| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
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| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 |
| 1986 | #3,277 | 27 |
| 1985 | #2,939 | 31 |
| 1984 | #2,915 | 30 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 |
| 1982 | #2,770 | 33 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 |
| 1973 | #2,753 | 25 |
| 1972 | #2,820 | 24 |
| 1971 | #2,137 | 38 |
| 1970 | #2,267 | 34 |
| 1969 | #2,396 | 29 |
| 1968 | #2,296 | 28 |
| 1967 | #2,167 | 30 |
| 1966 | #2,308 | 27 |
| 1965 | #1,854 | 38 |
| 1964 | #2,011 | 35 |
| 1963 | #2,424 | 25 |
| 1962 | #1,889 | 37 |
| 1961 | #2,411 | 25 |
| 1960 | #1,764 | 41 |
| 1959 | #2,869 | 17 |
| 1958 | #2,025 | 30 |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 |
| 1955 | #1,907 | 31 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Chari! It came in at #4,420, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1997–2001, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Chari is popular in 1960
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#605 · 1 in 8,831
- Illinois#801 · 1 in 13,452
Best ever in a state: #539 in Michigan, 1952.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Michigan | #605 | 10 | 1 in 8,831 |
| Illinois | #801 | 8 | 1 in 13,452 |
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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 Chari
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Debuted 1941
- Peaked 1960 at #1,764 (41 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 43,785 girls born in 1971 were named Chari (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 179,617 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,764 in 1960, was only 1 in 49,316 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.2% of all girls named Chari (315) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 75 | #2,880 (1946) | #3,662 |
| 1950s | 224 | #1,907 (1955) | #2,327 |
| 1960s | 315 | #1,764 (1960) | #2,152 |
| 1970s | 240 | #2,137 (1971) | #3,227 |
| 1980s | 216 | #2,770 (1982) | #4,220 |
| 1990s | 78 | #5,286 (1990) | #7,876 |
| 2000s | 21 | #13,595 (2002) | #15,287 |
| 2010s | 24 | #10,689 (2017) | #14,903 |
| 2020s | 9 | #10,250 (2020) | #10,250 |
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.
Chari in 1960
Top girls' names in 1960
More about 1960
girls
2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 49,316 of them was named Chari, which outranked 75.9% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,747Torri42
- #1,747Valinda42
- #1,747Zandra42
- #1,764Chari41
- #1,764Belen41
- #1,764Carrol41
- #1,764Conni41
- #1,789Annett40
- #1,789Bernetta40
- #1,789Bunny40
Tied with 24 names at #1,764; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.