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

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Peak · girls
2006 · 127 births
Debut · girls
14 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,347
since 1924

Charis over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Charis has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #1,664, 2006girls
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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
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2025#3,13051#8,9108
2024#2,81959#6,19914
2023#3,14052—
2022#2,85659—
2021#2,84859—
2020#2,50069—
2019#2,92356—
2018#2,45772—
2017#2,18487—
2016#2,51771—
2015#2,19486—
2014#1,908105—
2013#1,939102—
2012#2,02895—
2011#1,898105—
2010#1,769116—
2009#2,11995#12,4915
2008#2,09297—
2007#2,27685—
2006#1,664127#10,6626
2005#1,803108—
2004#1,714113—
2003#1,85899#10,8945
2002#2,08182—
2001#2,07580—
2000#1,96985—
1999#1,91482—
1998#2,14667—
1997#2,28359—
1996#2,17762#9,0155
1995#2,24459—
1994#2,20960#8,8005
1993#2,82542—
1992#2,05966#8,4355
1991#2,24258—
1990#2,43750—
1989#2,40848—
1988#2,29548#7,2705
1987#1,99156—
1986#2,00354—
1985#1,90658—
1984#1,78860—
1983#1,73362—
1982#1,82259—
1981#1,80961#6,2625
1980#1,72065—
1979#1,73163#6,0565
1978#1,91551—
1977#1,85754—
1976#1,67758—
1975#1,72954—
1974#2,29034—
1973#1,93942—
1972#2,35631—
1971#2,00142—
1970#2,57728—
1969#2,39629—
1968#2,70822—
1967#3,34015—
1966#2,58622—
1965#2,60522—
1964#2,53024—
1963#2,78020—
1962#2,41425—
1961#3,46014—
1960#2,90418—
1959#3,25414—
1958#3,54312—
1957#3,03315—
1956#4,8377—
1955#3,77810—
1954#2,24023—
1953#3,68710—
1952#2,92114—
1951#2,69415—
1950#3,9628—
1949#2,99912—
1948#2,97412—
1947#3,7069—
1946#3,21710—
1945#2,33914—
1944#3,3788—
1943#3,4938—
1942#3,1949—
1941#3,2528—
1940#4,3495—
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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 1987

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedMINew York: #1,293 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 13,983 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,568 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 19,556 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Charis, so not publishedHITexas: #1,676 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 21,478 girlsTXFlorida: #1,100 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,570 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#1,100 · 1 in 11,570
  2. New York#1,293 · 1 in 13,983
  3. California#1,568 · 1 in 19,556
  4. Texas#1,676 · 1 in 21,478

Best ever in a state: #279 in Hawaii, 1984.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Florida#1,10061 in 11,570
New York#1,29381 in 13,983
California#1,568111 in 19,556
Texas#1,67661 in 21,478
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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
  • 311 spots since 2024 (#2,819 → #3,130)
  • 630 spots since 2020 (#2,500 → #3,130)
  • 936 spots since 2015 (#2,194 → #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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s54#2,514 (1924)#3,513
1930s11#2,579 (1938)#2,579
1940s95#2,339 (1945)#3,290
1950s128#2,240 (1954)#3,395
1960s211#2,396 (1969)#2,772
1970s457#1,677 (1976)#2,007
1980s571#1,720 (1980)#1,948
1990s605#1,914 (1999)#2,254
2000s971#1,664 (2006)#1,965
2010s895#1,769 (2010)#2,182
2020s349#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.

Charis in 1987

girls
#1,991
56 births · 1 in 31,047 girls

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #1,991Charis56
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 31,047 of them was named Charis, which outranked 85.0% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Charis
  1. #1,962Sky57
  2. #1,962Teanna57
  3. #1,962Tomi57
  4. #1,991Charis56
  5. #1,991Ambrosia56
  6. #1,991Bradley56
  7. #1,991Britnie56
  8. #2,024Aleesha55
  9. #2,024Allyse55
  10. #2,024Annalise55

Tied with 32 names at #1,991; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,808Janay#2,195 → #387
  2. ↑ 1,048Channing#1,638 → #590
  3. ↑ 786Ayla#1,380 → #594
  4. ↑ 714Yessenia#1,439 → #725
  5. ↑ 648Denisse#1,602 → #954
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,153Halley#580 → #1,733
  2. ↓ 674Cherrelle#879 → #1,553
  3. ↓ 637Sharday#933 → #1,570
  4. ↓ 613Sharde#873 → #1,486
  5. ↓ 539Shardae#832 → #1,371

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

See the top 100 for 1987 →