Charity
#1,981 for girls in 2025, 97 births · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 1,420 births
- Debut · girls
- 29 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 35,518since 1880
Charity over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Charity has never cracked the top 100 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 | #1,981 | 97 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,040 | 95 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,736 | 118 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,754 | 118 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,562 | 134 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,474 | 145 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,259 | 184 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,233 | 189 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,217 | 197 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,236 | 197 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,209 | 206 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,052 | 247 | — | |
| 2013 | #964 | 261 | — | |
| 2012 | #926 | 277 | — | |
| 2011 | #848 | 310 | — | |
| 2010 | #851 | 315 | — | |
| 2009 | #872 | 316 | — | |
| 2008 | #789 | 369 | — | |
| 2007 | #670 | 439 | — | |
| 2006 | #663 | 435 | — | |
| 2005 | #655 | 424 | — | |
| 2004 | #564 | 508 | — | |
| 2003 | #529 | 535 | — | |
| 2002 | #506 | 544 | — | |
| 2001 | #485 | 574 | — | |
| 2000 | #456 | 608 | — | |
| 1999 | #525 | 482 | — | |
| 1998 | #531 | 476 | — | |
| 1997 | #515 | 464 | — | |
| 1996 | #487 | 490 | — | |
| 1995 | #495 | 495 | — | |
| 1994 | #515 | 484 | — | |
| 1993 | #488 | 515 | — | |
| 1992 | #500 | 485 | — | |
| 1991 | #455 | 553 | — | |
| 1990 | #458 | 536 | — | |
| 1989 | #433 | 568 | — | |
| 1988 | #372 | 648 | — | |
| 1987 | #330 | 741 | — | |
| 1986 | #288 | 856 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #274 | 912 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #303 | 790 | — | |
| 1983 | #290 | 813 | — | |
| 1982 | #284 | 859 | — | |
| 1981 | #255 | 964 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #243 | 1,061 | — | |
| 1979 | #219 | 1,197 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #232 | 1,067 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #211 | 1,195 | — | |
| 1976 | #203 | 1,205 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #183 | 1,420 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #186 | 1,410 | — | |
| 1973 | #260 | 957 | — | |
| 1972 | #371 | 583 | — | |
| 1971 | #536 | 341 | — | |
| 1970 | #546 | 343 | — | |
| 1969 | #653 | 234 | — | |
| 1968 | #966 | 115 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,071 | 94 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,050 | 99 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,145 | 86 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,293 | 74 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,250 | 77 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,224 | 81 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,063 | 106 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,312 | 70 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,450 | 55 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,498 | 51 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,376 | 59 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,378 | 57 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,537 | 44 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,648 | 38 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,299 | 56 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,368 | 50 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,266 | 54 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,241 | 55 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,251 | 53 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,327 | 48 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,255 | 52 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,229 | 49 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,332 | 36 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,272 | 39 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,124 | 51 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,229 | 42 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,117 | 44 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,114 | 42 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,102 | 42 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,140 | 40 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,255 | 33 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,230 | 34 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,018 | 46 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,317 | 30 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,513 | 24 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,015 | 48 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,022 | 47 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,161 | 41 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,159 | 41 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,029 | 53 | — | |
| 1927 | #917 | 66 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,045 | 51 | — | |
| 1925 | #944 | 62 | — | |
| 1924 | #903 | 70 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,037 | 53 | — | |
| 1922 | #989 | 57 | — | |
| 1921 | #987 | 57 | — | |
| 1920 | #914 | 63 | — | |
| 1919 | #765 | 84 | — | |
| 1918 | #825 | 75 | — | |
| 1917 | #807 | 73 | — | |
| 1916 | #769 | 79 | — | |
| 1915 | #761 | 75 | — | |
| 1914 | #747 | 59 | — | |
| 1913 | #626 | 68 | — | |
| 1912 | #673 | 55 | — | |
| 1911 | #634 | 46 | — | |
| 1910 | #640 | 44 | — | |
| 1909 | #706 | 32 | — | |
| 1908 | #511 | 50 | — | |
| 1907 | #521 | 47 | — | |
| 1906 | #465 | 53 | — | |
| 1905 | #497 | 46 | — | |
| 1904 | #493 | 44 | — | |
| 1903 | #574 | 32 | — | |
| 1902 | #559 | 34 | — | |
| 1901 | #520 | 34 | — | |
| 1900 | #509 | 44 | — | |
| 1899 | #537 | 31 | — | |
| 1898 | #434 | 50 | — | |
| 1897 | #449 | 43 | — | |
| 1896 | #462 | 39 | — | |
| 1895 | #455 | 40 | — | |
| 1894 | #437 | 41 | — | |
| 1893 | #487 | 31 | — | |
| 1892 | #460 | 35 | — | |
| 1891 | #404 | 37 | — | |
| 1890 | #350 | 53 | — | |
| 1889 | #405 | 36 | — | |
| 1888 | #347 | 47 | — | |
| 1887 | #337 | 40 | — | |
| 1886 | #346 | 38 | — | |
| 1885 | #459 | 21 | — | |
| 1884 | #358 | 31 | — | |
| 1883 | #331 | 29 | — | |
| 1882 | #323 | 30 | — | |
| 1881 | #346 | 22 | — | |
| 1880 | #288 | 29 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Charity was already there! It came in at #288, and was given to 29 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 32 girls a year got the name.
Where Charity is popular in 1997
- 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
- West Virginia#150 · 1 in 611
- Alabama#205 · 1 in 987
- Tennessee#210 · 1 in 1,089
- North Carolina#214 · 1 in 1,113
- Kansas#217 · 1 in 1,037
Best ever in a state: #72 in Montana, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #150 | 12 | 1 in 611 |
| Alabama | #205 | 21 | 1 in 987 |
| Tennessee | #210 | 27 | 1 in 1,089 |
| North Carolina | #214 | 36 | 1 in 1,113 |
| Kansas | #217 | 12 | 1 in 1,037 |
| Oklahoma | #218 | 17 | 1 in 989 |
| South Carolina | #228 | 14 | 1 in 1,150 |
| Mississippi | #230 | 11 | 1 in 1,047 |
| Arkansas | #239 | 10 | 1 in 1,148 |
| Kentucky | #251 | 14 | 1 in 1,411 |
| Georgia | #263 | 31 | 1 in 1,380 |
| Idaho | #280 | 5 | 1 in 1,111 |
| Utah | #320 | 10 | 1 in 1,558 |
| Indiana | #323 | 17 | 1 in 1,929 |
| Missouri | #364 | 13 | 1 in 2,271 |
| Colorado | #433 | 9 | 1 in 2,328 |
| Virginia | #434 | 12 | 1 in 2,771 |
| Oregon | #439 | 7 | 1 in 2,306 |
| Maryland | #448 | 9 | 1 in 2,627 |
| Ohio | #525 | 16 | 1 in 3,865 |
| Michigan | #567 | 13 | 1 in 3,997 |
| Louisiana | #578 | 6 | 1 in 3,607 |
| Texas | #610 | 35 | 1 in 3,997 |
| Minnesota | #629 | 5 | 1 in 4,995 |
| Washington | #635 | 7 | 1 in 4,090 |
| Florida | #674 | 15 | 1 in 4,890 |
| Pennsylvania | #716 | 10 | 1 in 5,826 |
| New Jersey | #993 | 5 | 1 in 8,351 |
| California | #1,107 | 23 | 1 in 9,689 |
| Illinois | #1,266 | 6 | 1 in 11,653 |
| New York | #1,282 | 9 | 1 in 11,222 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 59 spots since 2024 (#2,040 → #1,981)
- 507 spots since 2020 (#1,474 → #1,981)
- 772 spots since 2015 (#1,209 → #1,981)
- Biggest jump: 313 spots in 1969 (#966 → #653)
- Biggest drop: 195 spots in 1909 (#511 → #706)
Rise & fade · girls
95 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1975 at #183 (1,420 births)
- Births halved by 1988, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 92 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1968–2013
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,027
- Highest: 1 in 1,027 girls born in 1975 were named Charity (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,570 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 27.4% of all girls named Charity (9,718) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #288 (1880) → #1,648 (1954) → #183 (1975)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 323 | #288 (1880) | #354 |
| 1890s | 400 | #350 (1890) | #448 |
| 1900s | 416 | #465 (1906) | #536 |
| 1910s | 658 | #626 (1913) | #725 |
| 1920s | 573 | #903 (1924) | #992 |
| 1930s | 385 | #1,015 (1932) | #1,177 |
| 1940s | 456 | #1,114 (1940) | #1,225 |
| 1950s | 519 | #1,241 (1950) | #1,406 |
| 1960s | 1,036 | #653 (1969) | #1,103 |
| 1970s | 9,718 | #183 (1975) | #295 |
| 1980s | 8,212 | #243 (1980) | #307 |
| 1990s | 4,980 | #455 (1991) | #497 |
| 2000s | 4,752 | #456 (2000) | #619 |
| 2010s | 2,383 | #848 (2011) | #1,080 |
| 2020s | 707 | #1,474 (2020) | #1,758 |
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.
Charity in 1997
girls
#515
464 births · 1 in 3,752 girls
Top girls' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 3,752 of them was named Charity, which outranked 96.8% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
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Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.