Charle
- Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215
- Last seen for boys in 2010 at #12,231
- Given to boys 87.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 929since 1883
Charle over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | — | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | — | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | — | |
| 1996 | — | #6,496 | 8 | |
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | — | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | — | |
| 1989 | — | #4,527 | 11 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | — | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #4,234 | 9 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | — | #2,946 | 13 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | — | #2,277 | 18 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,819 | 12 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,052 | 20 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,058 | 19 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,914 | 19 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,109 | 15 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,030 | 15 | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #2,132 | 14 |
| 1965 | — | #1,669 | 22 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,793 | 20 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,300 | 13 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,515 | 27 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,997 | 17 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,658 | 24 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,865 | 19 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,838 | 19 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,751 | 21 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,361 | 12 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,826 | 18 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #1,900 | 17 |
| 1952 | — | #1,939 | 16 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,972 | 15 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,111 | 13 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | — | #2,608 | 9 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,916 | 16 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | — | #2,182 | 12 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,712 | 8 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,207 | 11 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,322 | 10 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,829 | 7 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,088 | 12 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,872 | 14 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,638 | 9 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,889 | 16 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,247 | 7 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,725 | 10 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,313 | 13 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,486 | 12 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,423 | 11 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,772 | 13 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
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| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five boys were named Charle! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Charle is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Charle in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Charle
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1883 at #892 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1883
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,925
- Highest: 1 in 20,925 boys born in 1883 were named Charle (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 383,735 boys born in 2010 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 20.0% of all boys named Charle (186) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2013
- Mostly boys until 2012, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #892 (1883) | #892 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,345 (1907) | #1,345 |
| 1910s | 54 | #1,772 (1914) | #2,831 |
| 1920s | 91 | #2,048 (1928) | #3,113 |
| 1930s | 96 | #1,872 (1936) | #2,606 |
| 1940s | 100 | #1,916 (1947) | #2,455 |
| 1950s | 164 | #1,751 (1957) | #1,970 |
| 1960s | 186 | #1,515 (1962) | #1,912 |
| 1970s | 133 | #2,052 (1971) | #2,989 |
| 1980s | 63 | #4,234 (1982) | #5,010 |
| 1990s | 27 | #6,496 (1996) | #7,213 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,231 (2010) | #12,231 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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