Charla
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 211 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,026since 1917
Charla over time
Rank among girls' names. Charla has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 |
| 2005 | #5,266 | 24 |
| 2004 | #3,989 | 35 |
| 2003 | #4,804 | 26 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 |
| 2000 | #4,981 | 23 |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 |
| 1998 | #4,142 | 27 |
| 1997 | #4,125 | 26 |
| 1996 | #3,429 | 33 |
| 1995 | #3,087 | 37 |
| 1994 | #2,848 | 42 |
| 1993 | #2,533 | 49 |
| 1992 | #3,036 | 38 |
| 1991 | #1,979 | 70 |
| 1990 | #1,892 | 74 |
| 1989 | #1,523 | 94 |
| 1988 | #1,769 | 71 |
| 1987 | #1,609 | 77 |
| 1986 | #1,314 | 101 |
| 1985 | #1,361 | 96 |
| 1984 | #1,216 | 107 |
| 1983 | #1,252 | 100 |
| 1982 | #1,178 | 116 |
| 1981 | #1,114 | 124 |
| 1980 | #966 | 153 |
| 1979 | #995 | 143 |
| 1978 | #969 | 143 |
| 1977 | #758 | 200 |
| 1976 | #755 | 191 |
| 1975 | #951 | 132 |
| 1974 | #841 | 156 |
| 1973 | #808 | 162 |
| 1972 | #804 | 168 |
| 1971 | #757 | 193 |
| 1970 | #719 | 210 |
| 1969 | #670 | 219 |
| 1968 | #664 | 211 |
| 1967 | #710 | 189 |
| 1966 | #686 | 202 |
| 1965 | #771 | 165 |
| 1964 | #776 | 177 |
| 1963 | #755 | 186 |
| 1962 | #748 | 191 |
| 1961 | #802 | 170 |
| 1960 | #827 | 159 |
| 1959 | #796 | 164 |
| 1958 | #829 | 150 |
| 1957 | #782 | 165 |
| 1956 | #694 | 190 |
| 1955 | #700 | 180 |
| 1954 | #777 | 145 |
| 1953 | #795 | 134 |
| 1952 | #794 | 129 |
| 1951 | #737 | 141 |
| 1950 | #777 | 124 |
| 1949 | #787 | 120 |
| 1948 | #871 | 100 |
| 1947 | #808 | 117 |
| 1946 | #843 | 96 |
| 1945 | #667 | 122 |
| 1944 | #681 | 120 |
| 1943 | #1,087 | 54 |
| 1942 | #997 | 61 |
| 1941 | #1,243 | 37 |
| 1940 | #1,203 | 37 |
| 1939 | #1,160 | 39 |
| 1938 | #1,437 | 27 |
| 1937 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1936 | #1,507 | 24 |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Charla! It came in at #4,083, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1919, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Charla is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#342 · 1 in 2,144
- Alabama#436 · 1 in 2,874
- Indiana#607 · 1 in 6,166
- Missouri#647 · 1 in 6,683
- Ohio#669 · 1 in 7,331
Best ever in a state: #203 in Oklahoma, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #342 | 9 | 1 in 2,144 |
| Alabama | #436 | 8 | 1 in 2,874 |
| Indiana | #607 | 6 | 1 in 6,166 |
| Missouri | #647 | 5 | 1 in 6,683 |
| Ohio | #669 | 10 | 1 in 7,331 |
| Texas | #751 | 19 | 1 in 6,310 |
| Georgia | #804 | 5 | 1 in 7,057 |
| Michigan | #870 | 6 | 1 in 10,045 |
| California | #1,006 | 18 | 1 in 9,650 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,017 | 5 | 1 in 13,792 |
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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 Charla
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 406 spots in 1944 (#1,087 → #681)
- Biggest drop: 211 spots in 1978 (#758 → #969)
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1968 at #664 (211 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1944–1980
- Highest: 1 in 7,666 girls born in 1977 were named Charla (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #664 in 1968, was only 1 in 7,774 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.3% of all girls named Charla (1,869) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #4,083 (1917) | #4,446 |
| 1920s | 69 | #3,137 (1929) | #3,743 |
| 1930s | 184 | #1,160 (1939) | #2,098 |
| 1940s | 864 | #667 (1945) | #919 |
| 1950s | 1,522 | #694 (1956) | #768 |
| 1960s | 1,869 | #664 (1968) | #741 |
| 1970s | 1,698 | #719 (1970) | #836 |
| 1980s | 1,039 | #966 (1980) | #1,330 |
| 1990s | 414 | #1,892 (1990) | #3,273 |
| 2000s | 215 | #3,989 (2004) | #6,009 |
| 2010s | 121 | #6,564 (2011) | #9,685 |
| 2020s | 20 | #9,680 (2022) | #13,321 |
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.
Charla in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 10,852 of them was named Charla, which outranked 92.1% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
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- #959Therese154
- #959Tracee154
- #966Charla153
- #966Eric153
- #966Francis153
- #966Kay153
- #977Alina152
- #977Florence152
- #977Lashawn152
Tied with 10 names at #966; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.