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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201976peak #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 1976

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #42 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 130 boysAKMaine: #45 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 151 boysMEVermont: #46 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 169 boysVTNew Hampshire: #41 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 137 boysNHWashington: #40 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 145 boysWAIdaho: #42 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 153 boysIDMontana: #40 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 150 boysMTNorth Dakota: #51 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 183 boysNDMinnesota: #47 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 173 boysMNIllinois: #30 for boys · 637 births · 1 in 123 boysILWisconsin: #44 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 177 boysWIMichigan: #31 for boys · 477 births · 1 in 128 boysMINew York: #29 for boys · 807 births · 1 in 139 boysNYMassachusetts: #41 for boys · 205 births · 1 in 156 boysMARhode Island: #41 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 158 boysRIOregon: #38 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 136 boysORNevada: #23 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 83 boysNVWyoming: #46 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 156 boysWYSouth Dakota: #47 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 173 boysSDIowa: #42 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 173 boysIAIndiana: #29 for boys · 380 births · 1 in 100 boysINOhio: #27 for boys · 844 births · 1 in 89 boysOHPennsylvania: #27 for boys · 735 births · 1 in 97 boysPANew Jersey: #31 for boys · 338 births · 1 in 120 boysNJConnecticut: #42 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 167 boysCTCalifornia: #36 for boys · 925 births · 1 in 172 boysCAUtah: #63 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 252 boysUTColorado: #35 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 141 boysCONebraska: #44 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 154 boysNEMissouri: #27 for boys · 330 births · 1 in 100 boysMOKentucky: #13 for boys · 433 births · 1 in 61 boysKYWest Virginia: #13 for boys · 233 births · 1 in 57 boysWVVirginia: #13 for boys · 444 births · 1 in 69 boysVAMaryland: #13 for boys · 308 births · 1 in 66 boysMDDelaware: #16 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 59 boysDEArizona: #35 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 139 boysAZNew Mexico: #30 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 132 boysNMKansas: #30 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 103 boysKSArkansas: #11 for boys · 222 births · 1 in 67 boysARTennessee: #12 for boys · 449 births · 1 in 66 boysTNNorth Carolina: #13 for boys · 497 births · 1 in 73 boysNCSouth Carolina: #9 for boys · 345 births · 1 in 58 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #19 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 92 boysDCOklahoma: #16 for boys · 233 births · 1 in 82 boysOKLouisiana: #13 for boys · 378 births · 1 in 80 boysLAMississippi: #9 for boys · 293 births · 1 in 62 boysMSAlabama: #11 for boys · 388 births · 1 in 65 boysALGeorgia: #11 for boys · 544 births · 1 in 65 boysGAHawaii: #27 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 115 boysHITexas: #21 for boys · 951 births · 1 in 113 boysTXFlorida: #16 for boys · 550 births · 1 in 86 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Carolina#9 · 1 in 58
  2. Mississippi#9 · 1 in 62
  3. Alabama#11 · 1 in 65
  4. Georgia#11 · 1 in 65
  5. Arkansas#11 · 1 in 67

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#92931 in 62
South Carolina#93451 in 58
Alabama#113881 in 65
Arkansas#112221 in 67
Georgia#115441 in 65
Tennessee#124491 in 66
Kentucky#134331 in 61
Louisiana#133781 in 80
Maryland#133081 in 66
North Carolina#134971 in 73
Virginia#134441 in 69
West Virginia#132331 in 57
Delaware#16551 in 59
Florida#165501 in 86
Oklahoma#162331 in 82
District of Columbia#19831 in 92
Texas#219511 in 113
Nevada#23441 in 83
Hawaii#27541 in 115
Missouri#273301 in 100
Ohio#278441 in 89
Pennsylvania#277351 in 97
Indiana#293801 in 100
New York#298071 in 139
Illinois#306371 in 123
Kansas#301471 in 103
New Mexico#30711 in 132
Michigan#314771 in 128
New Jersey#313381 in 120
Arizona#351281 in 139
Colorado#351331 in 141
California#369251 in 172
Oregon#381191 in 136
Montana#40341 in 150
Washington#401671 in 145
Massachusetts#412051 in 156
New Hampshire#41351 in 137
Rhode Island#41311 in 158
Alaska#42231 in 130
Connecticut#42951 in 167
Idaho#42471 in 153
Iowa#421131 in 173
Nebraska#44701 in 154
Wisconsin#441741 in 177
Maine#45431 in 151
Vermont#46161 in 169
Wyoming#46171 in 156
Minnesota#471561 in 173
South Dakota#47281 in 173
North Dakota#51271 in 183
Utah#63651 in 252

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 1976

girls
#1,122
106 births · 1 in 13,822 girls
boys
#26
13,921 births · 1 in 113 boys

Top girls' names in 1976

  1. #1Jennifer59,473
  2. #2Amy31,339
  3. #3Melissa25,094
  4. #4Heather24,192
  5. #5Angela22,038
  6. #6Michelle19,550
  7. #7Kimberly18,962
  8. #8Jessica18,368
  9. #9Lisa17,346
  10. #10Amanda15,588
  11. #1,122Charles106

Top boys' names in 1976

  1. #1Michael66,915
  2. #2Jason52,643
  3. #3Christopher45,190
  4. #4David39,265
  5. #5James38,294
  6. #6John33,976
  7. #7Robert33,789
  8. #8Brian30,517
  9. #9Matthew29,951
  10. #10Daniel24,702
  11. #26Charles13,921
More about 1976

girls

1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 13,822 of them was named Charles, which outranked 89.7% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Charles
  1. #1,117Malia107
  2. #1,117Phoebe107
  3. #1,117Rasheda107
  4. #1,122Charles106
  5. #1,122Bessie106
  6. #1,122Cathryn106
  7. #1,122Cherry106
  8. #1,131Rikki105
  9. #1,131Saundra105
  10. #1,131Tamisha105

Tied with 8 names at #1,122; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,548Rhiannon#4,141 → #593
  2. ↑ 3,533Mackenzie#4,370 → #837
  3. ↑ 3,060Khalilah#3,774 → #714
  4. ↑ 1,663Kenisha#2,612 → #949
  5. ↑ 1,455Latoria#2,411 → #956
Fallers
  1. ↓ 821Nyree#926 → #1,747
  2. ↓ 668Syreeta#778 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 505Cher#994 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 398Kandice#957 → #1,355
  5. ↓ 370Racquel#973 → #1,343

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

boys

1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 113 of them was named Charles, which outranked 99.6% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Charles
  1. #23Thomas16,122
  2. #24Scott15,717
  3. #25Mark15,508
  4. #26Charles13,921
  5. #27Andrew13,301
  6. #28Paul11,781
  7. #29Chad11,766
Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,506Seneca#4,309 → #803
  2. ↑ 1,165Jameel#2,134 → #969
  3. ↑ 712Delvin#1,658 → #946
  4. ↑ 567Jerimy#1,530 → #963
  5. ↑ 510Jamaal#1,042 → #532
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,113Santino#1,000 → #2,113
  2. ↓ 511Carnell#900 → #1,411
  3. ↓ 453Nakia#337 → #790
  4. ↓ 395Charlton#938 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 376Benjiman#970 → #1,346

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

See the top 100 for 1976 →