Charles

#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · #48 for boys in 2025, 5,898 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#4
1880 · 5,348 births
Debut · boys
1880
5,348 births
In top 100 · boys
146 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,434,659
since 1880

Charles over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201948peak #4, 1880boys
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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
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#9,45710#485,898
2024#11,1228#515,613
2023#10,3129#545,421
2022#10,3839#505,934
2021#15,2515#506,010
2020#7,96913#466,249
2019#10,4739#526,406
2018#8,14613#536,667
2017#8,77612#487,193
2016#6,90117#527,127
2015#10,8669#507,204
2014#7,63615#517,362
2013#7,74815#577,025
2012#7,80415#626,947
2011#11,1819#616,987
2010#12,2768#637,106
2009—#647,284
2008#6,79919#637,288
2007#9,53912#627,452
2006#8,23714#608,013
2005#7,13816#567,933
2004#2,92754#567,652
2003#11,3258#577,696
2002#12,1877#587,208
2001#6,32217#557,283
2000#7,15814#517,525
1999#8,22311#507,525
1998#8,01611#487,849
1997#6,16315#497,656
1996#5,06519#438,248
1995#4,51822#448,478
1994#5,01619#439,018
1993#3,77628#449,855
1992#3,41932#4310,469
1991#3,20734#3811,336
1990#2,73742#3812,000
1989#2,07260#3612,245
1988#1,49191#3712,109
1987#1,54582#3512,173
1986#1,47285#3412,625
1985#1,269106#3412,900
1984#1,179112#3312,942
1983#1,114121#3313,212
1982#1,131124#3114,310
1981#1,261102#3114,427
1980#1,161116#2914,959
1979#1,061130#2814,806
1978#1,104118#2714,844
1977#1,31588#2614,743
1976#1,122106#2613,921
1975#963129#2514,574
1974#1,133102#2315,151
1973#1,009117#2315,752
1972#982122#2316,968
1971#903146#2219,851
1970#891148#2122,411
1969#912135#1921,658
1968#906130#2021,575
1967#926122#2021,288
1966#874131#2022,252
1965#870132#2023,494
1964#920129#1725,908
1963#898136#1626,762
1962#960122#1527,590
1961#987120#1329,194
1960#926132#1329,677
1959#837150#1130,797
1958#900129#1132,242
1957#821152#1134,283
1956#792156#1135,239
1955#788148#1135,365
1954#838126#1037,463
1953#779138#938,421
1952#831121#938,866
1951#710151#939,406
1950#693154#939,095
1949#708143#940,052
1948#679150#938,676
1947#725138#940,781
1946#695134#938,215
1945#658125#732,469
1944#615142#734,662
1943#571176#736,632
1942#579163#735,854
1941#563155#632,742
1940#588140#631,689
1939#548149#630,789
1938#570144#631,151
1937#496176#630,520
1936#567133#629,101
1935#528149#629,983
1934#496168#729,790
1933#446209#628,991
1932#468197#631,092
1931#443212#629,934
1930#436237#631,867
1929#408262#529,930
1928#412271#531,243
1927#395303#531,941
1926#451225#529,521
1925#470216#529,580
1924#526186#530,460
1923#570159#528,966
1922#488199#528,839
1921#539176#529,242
1920#564163#528,309
1919#616129#525,192
1918#592144#526,921
1917#612124#724,143
1916#606123#623,612
1915#658101#721,960
1914#67175#716,937
1913#74849#713,191
1912#59667#711,070
1911#68640#75,725
1910#75332#74,784
1909#74729#74,029
1908#70930#73,929
1907#84020#63,884
1906#74224#63,607
1905#77722#53,608
1904#71024#63,406
1903#78919#53,213
1902#66725#53,361
1901#65923#53,049
1900#67628#54,098
1899#64423#53,147
1898#76819#53,557
1897#69920#53,341
1896#1,04710#53,639
1895#57827#53,633
1894#56826#53,788
1893#59423#53,723
1892#50329#54,319
1891#47529#53,640
1890#47530#54,061
1889#46828#54,199
1888#47028#54,591
1887#37233#54,031
1886#45922#54,533
1885#42824#54,599
1884#46319#54,802
1883#45118#44,826
1882#37223#55,091
1881#40517#54,636
1880#51811#45,348
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Charles was already there! It came in at #4, and was given to 5,348 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1889–1909, when fewer than 4,400 boys a year got the name.

Where Charles is popular in 1948

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #8 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 32 boysAKMaine: #21 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 80 boysMEVermont: #15 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 56 boysVTNew Hampshire: #15 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 59 boysNHWashington: #15 for boys · 410 births · 1 in 64 boysWAIdaho: #18 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 73 boysIDMontana: #15 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 57 boysMTNorth Dakota: #20 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 79 boysNDMinnesota: #15 for boys · 544 births · 1 in 62 boysMNIllinois: #10 for boys · 1,883 births · 1 in 47 boysILWisconsin: #17 for boys · 576 births · 1 in 66 boysWIMichigan: #13 for boys · 1,377 births · 1 in 53 boysMINew York: #10 for boys · 2,680 births · 1 in 55 boysNYMassachusetts: #13 for boys · 878 births · 1 in 55 boysMARhode Island: #17 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 54 boysRIOregon: #16 for boys · 258 births · 1 in 63 boysORNevada: #8 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 38 boysNVWyoming: #12 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 42 boysWYSouth Dakota: #18 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 75 boysSDIowa: #15 for boys · 463 births · 1 in 62 boysIAIndiana: #11 for boys · 1,006 births · 1 in 43 boysINOhio: #10 for boys · 2,027 births · 1 in 44 boysOHPennsylvania: #10 for boys · 2,641 births · 1 in 42 boysPANew Jersey: #10 for boys · 959 births · 1 in 47 boysNJConnecticut: #13 for boys · 359 births · 1 in 54 boysCTCalifornia: #13 for boys · 1,926 births · 1 in 61 boysCAUtah: #28 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 112 boysUTColorado: #11 for boys · 319 births · 1 in 49 boysCONebraska: #18 for boys · 207 births · 1 in 69 boysNEMissouri: #10 for boys · 1,096 births · 1 in 37 boysMOKentucky: #6 for boys · 1,261 births · 1 in 29 boysKYWest Virginia: #6 for boys · 878 births · 1 in 28 boysWVVirginia: #5 for boys · 1,111 births · 1 in 33 boysVAMaryland: #5 for boys · 954 births · 1 in 25 boysMDDelaware: #5 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 25 boysDEArizona: #8 for boys · 158 births · 1 in 58 boysAZNew Mexico: #10 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 63 boysNMKansas: #11 for boys · 405 births · 1 in 48 boysKSArkansas: #5 for boys · 711 births · 1 in 32 boysARTennessee: #6 for boys · 1,319 births · 1 in 30 boysTNNorth Carolina: #5 for boys · 1,501 births · 1 in 34 boysNCSouth Carolina: #5 for boys · 833 births · 1 in 34 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #8 for boys · 369 births · 1 in 33 boysDCOklahoma: #6 for boys · 619 births · 1 in 38 boysOKLouisiana: #4 for boys · 1,029 births · 1 in 33 boysLAMississippi: #5 for boys · 966 births · 1 in 29 boysMSAlabama: #5 for boys · 1,190 births · 1 in 33 boysALGeorgia: #5 for boys · 1,369 births · 1 in 32 boysGAHawaii: #16 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 71 boysHITexas: #6 for boys · 2,152 births · 1 in 46 boysTXFlorida: #5 for boys · 839 births · 1 in 34 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#4 · 1 in 33
  2. Delaware#5 · 1 in 25
  3. Maryland#5 · 1 in 25
  4. Mississippi#5 · 1 in 29
  5. Georgia#5 · 1 in 32

Best ever in a state: #2 in Vermont, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#41,0291 in 33
Alabama#51,1901 in 33
Arkansas#57111 in 32
Delaware#51251 in 25
Florida#58391 in 34
Georgia#51,3691 in 32
Maryland#59541 in 25
Mississippi#59661 in 29
North Carolina#51,5011 in 34
South Carolina#58331 in 34
Virginia#51,1111 in 33
Kentucky#61,2611 in 29
Oklahoma#66191 in 38
Tennessee#61,3191 in 30
Texas#62,1521 in 46
West Virginia#68781 in 28
Alaska#8361 in 32
Arizona#81581 in 58
District of Columbia#83691 in 33
Nevada#8351 in 38
Illinois#101,8831 in 47
Missouri#101,0961 in 37
New Jersey#109591 in 47
New Mexico#101431 in 63
New York#102,6801 in 55
Ohio#102,0271 in 44
Pennsylvania#102,6411 in 42
Colorado#113191 in 49
Indiana#111,0061 in 43
Kansas#114051 in 48
Wyoming#12671 in 42
California#131,9261 in 61
Connecticut#133591 in 54
Massachusetts#138781 in 55
Michigan#131,3771 in 53
Iowa#154631 in 62
Minnesota#155441 in 62
Montana#151091 in 57
New Hampshire#15961 in 59
Vermont#15701 in 56
Washington#154101 in 64
Hawaii#16851 in 71
Oregon#162581 in 63
Rhode Island#171501 in 54
Wisconsin#175761 in 66
Idaho#18921 in 73
Nebraska#182071 in 69
South Dakota#18971 in 75
North Dakota#20921 in 79
Maine#211221 in 80
Utah#28841 in 112

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Charles
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#51 → #48)
  • 2 spots since 2020 (#46 → #48)
  • 2 spots since 2015 (#50 → #48)
  • Biggest jump: 6 spots in 2014 (#57 → #51)
  • Biggest drop: 6 spots in 1997 (#43 → #49)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #4 (5,348 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 75 yrs
  • Top 10: 75 yrs · run 1880–1954
  • Top 100: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21
  • Highest: 1 in 21 boys born in 1880 were named Charles (4.8%)
  • Latest: 1 in 290 boys born in 2025 (0.35%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 14.9% of all boys named Charles (361,772) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s46,656#4 (1880)#5
1890s36,848#5 (1892)#5
1900s36,184#5 (1900)#6
1910s173,535#5 (1918)#7
1920s298,031#5 (1927)#5
1930s303,218#6 (1930)#6
1940s361,772#6 (1941)#8
1950s361,177#9 (1951)#10
1960s249,398#13 (1960)#17
1970s163,021#21 (1970)#24
1980s131,902#29 (1980)#33
1990s92,434#38 (1990)#44
2000s75,334#51 (2000)#58
2010s70,024#48 (2017)#55
2020s35,125#46 (2020)#50

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.

Charles in 1948

girls
#679
150 births · 1 in 11,319 girls
boys
#9
38,676 births · 1 in 45 boys

Top girls' names in 1948

  1. #1Linda96,220
  2. #2Mary68,597
  3. #3Barbara46,826
  4. #4Patricia46,140
  5. #5Susan35,988
  6. #6Sandra31,063
  7. #7Nancy29,411
  8. #8Carol28,977
  9. #9Sharon26,143
  10. #10Kathleen23,257
  11. #679Charles150

Top boys' names in 1948

  1. #1James88,605
  2. #2Robert85,478
  3. #3John82,834
  4. #4William61,972
  5. #5David56,627
  6. #6Michael52,566
  7. #7Richard50,970
  8. #8Thomas43,780
  9. #9Charles38,676
  10. #10Ronald33,527
More about 1948

girls

1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 11,319 of them was named Charles, which outranked 88.8% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Charles
  1. #675Randi152
  2. #675Vernell152
  3. #678Oralia151
  4. #679Charles150
  5. #680Roseanne149
  6. #681Elouise148
  7. #682Annmarie147
Biggest movers since 1947
Risers
  1. ↑ 555Shawn#1,510 → #955
  2. ↑ 549Regena#1,488 → #939
  3. ↑ 491Regenia#1,255 → #764
  4. ↑ 460Mickie#1,228 → #768
  5. ↑ 413Shirleen#1,377 → #964
Fallers
  1. ↓ 408Michaele#859 → #1,267
  2. ↓ 358Marge#969 → #1,327
  3. ↓ 334Ilona#875 → #1,209
  4. ↓ 282Trudi#875 → #1,157
  5. ↓ 248Marylyn#909 → #1,157

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

boys

1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 45 of them was named Charles, which outranked 99.8% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Charles
  1. #6Michael52,566
  2. #7Richard50,970
  3. #8Thomas43,780
  4. #9Charles38,676
  5. #10Ronald33,527
  6. #11Larry33,436
  7. #12Gary28,397
Biggest movers since 1947
Risers
  1. ↑ 514Arnulfo#1,316 → #802
  2. ↑ 422Lucio#1,394 → #972
  3. ↑ 377Isidro#1,190 → #813
  4. ↑ 363Shawn#923 → #560
  5. ↑ 331Aurelio#1,233 → #902
Fallers
  1. ↓ 400Marshal#1,000 → #1,400
  2. ↓ 390Robby#906 → #1,296
  3. ↓ 333Frances#923 → #1,256
  4. ↓ 324Deane#836 → #1,160
  5. ↓ 321Lenwood#975 → #1,296

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

See the top 100 for 1948 →