Charis
- #3,130 for girls in 2025, 51 births
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Given to girls 98.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2006 · 127 births
- Debut · girls
- 14 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,347since 1924
Charis over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Charis has never cracked the top 1,000 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,130 | 51 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #2,819 | 59 | #6,199 | 14 |
| 2023 | #3,140 | 52 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,856 | 59 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,848 | 59 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,500 | 69 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,923 | 56 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,457 | 72 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,184 | 87 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,517 | 71 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,194 | 86 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,908 | 105 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,939 | 102 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,028 | 95 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,898 | 105 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,769 | 116 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,119 | 95 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #2,092 | 97 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,276 | 85 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,664 | 127 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #1,803 | 108 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,714 | 113 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,858 | 99 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #2,081 | 82 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,075 | 80 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,969 | 85 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,914 | 82 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,146 | 67 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,283 | 59 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,177 | 62 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #2,244 | 59 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,209 | 60 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #2,825 | 42 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,059 | 66 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #2,242 | 58 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,437 | 50 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,408 | 48 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,295 | 48 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #1,991 | 56 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,003 | 54 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,906 | 58 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,788 | 60 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,733 | 62 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,822 | 59 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,809 | 61 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #1,720 | 65 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,731 | 63 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #1,915 | 51 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,857 | 54 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,677 | 58 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,729 | 54 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,290 | 34 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,939 | 42 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,356 | 31 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,001 | 42 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,577 | 28 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,396 | 29 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,605 | 22 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,530 | 24 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,780 | 20 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,414 | 25 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,904 | 18 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,240 | 23 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
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| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | — | |
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| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 | — | |
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First appearance
1924
The first year at least five girls were named Charis! It came in at #2,514, and was given to 14 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1928–1937, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Charis is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Texas#2,636 · 1 in 22,935
- California#3,095 · 1 in 32,345
Best ever in a state: #279 in Hawaii, 1984.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #2,636 | 7 | 1 in 22,935 |
| California | #3,095 | 5 | 1 in 32,345 |
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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 Charis
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 630 spots since 2020 (#2,500 → #3,130)
Rise & fade · girls
82 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 2006 at #1,664 (127 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 13 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 14,970
- Highest: 1 in 14,970 girls born in 2006 were named Charis (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 31,515 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 22.3% of all girls named Charis (971) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 54 | #2,514 (1924) | #3,513 |
| 1930s | 11 | #2,579 (1938) | #2,579 |
| 1940s | 95 | #2,339 (1945) | #3,290 |
| 1950s | 128 | #2,240 (1954) | #3,395 |
| 1960s | 211 | #2,396 (1969) | #2,772 |
| 1970s | 457 | #1,677 (1976) | #2,007 |
| 1980s | 571 | #1,720 (1980) | #1,948 |
| 1990s | 605 | #1,914 (1999) | #2,254 |
| 2000s | 971 | #1,664 (2006) | #1,965 |
| 2010s | 895 | #1,769 (2010) | #2,182 |
| 2020s | 349 | #2,500 (2020) | #2,882 |
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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