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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #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 1983

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #34 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 102 boysAKMaine: #43 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 146 boysMEVermont: #40 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 122 boysVTNew Hampshire: #55 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 207 boysNHWashington: #46 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 175 boysWAIdaho: #52 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 194 boysIDMontana: #50 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 160 boysMTNorth Dakota: #56 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 220 boysNDMinnesota: #44 for boys · 199 births · 1 in 157 boysMNIllinois: #35 for boys · 572 births · 1 in 143 boysILWisconsin: #50 for boys · 165 births · 1 in 205 boysWIMichigan: #39 for boys · 444 births · 1 in 141 boysMINew York: #33 for boys · 769 births · 1 in 152 boysNYMassachusetts: #40 for boys · 204 births · 1 in 178 boysMARhode Island: #40 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 130 boysRIOregon: #56 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 211 boysORNevada: #31 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 113 boysNVWyoming: #42 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 122 boysWYSouth Dakota: #54 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 212 boysSDIowa: #56 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 227 boysIAIndiana: #36 for boys · 320 births · 1 in 118 boysINOhio: #35 for boys · 623 births · 1 in 122 boysOHPennsylvania: #36 for boys · 580 births · 1 in 132 boysPANew Jersey: #36 for boys · 316 births · 1 in 139 boysNJConnecticut: #42 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 177 boysCTCalifornia: #46 for boys · 985 births · 1 in 210 boysCAUtah: #70 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 309 boysUTColorado: #43 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 151 boysCONebraska: #64 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 279 boysNEMissouri: #34 for boys · 333 births · 1 in 108 boysMOKentucky: #19 for boys · 337 births · 1 in 76 boysKYWest Virginia: #19 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 67 boysWVVirginia: #21 for boys · 403 births · 1 in 87 boysVAMaryland: #20 for boys · 332 births · 1 in 78 boysMDDelaware: #29 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 91 boysDEArizona: #38 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 155 boysAZNew Mexico: #41 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 172 boysNMKansas: #43 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 149 boysKSArkansas: #21 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 89 boysARTennessee: #18 for boys · 422 births · 1 in 75 boysTNNorth Carolina: #18 for boys · 464 births · 1 in 82 boysNCSouth Carolina: #18 for boys · 263 births · 1 in 79 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #17 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 73 boysDCOklahoma: #27 for boys · 231 births · 1 in 108 boysOKLouisiana: #20 for boys · 375 births · 1 in 98 boysLAMississippi: #15 for boys · 265 births · 1 in 68 boysMSAlabama: #18 for boys · 325 births · 1 in 79 boysALGeorgia: #17 for boys · 522 births · 1 in 78 boysGAHawaii: #41 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 178 boysHITexas: #28 for boys · 1,086 births · 1 in 131 boysTXFlorida: #25 for boys · 659 births · 1 in 103 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#15 · 1 in 68
  2. District of Columbia#17 · 1 in 73
  3. Georgia#17 · 1 in 78
  4. Tennessee#18 · 1 in 75
  5. Alabama#18 · 1 in 79

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#152651 in 68
District of Columbia#171031 in 73
Georgia#175221 in 78
Alabama#183251 in 79
North Carolina#184641 in 82
South Carolina#182631 in 79
Tennessee#184221 in 75
Kentucky#193371 in 76
West Virginia#191841 in 67
Louisiana#203751 in 98
Maryland#203321 in 78
Arkansas#211701 in 89
Virginia#214031 in 87
Florida#256591 in 103
Oklahoma#272311 in 108
Texas#281,0861 in 131
Delaware#29431 in 91
Nevada#31511 in 113
New York#337691 in 152
Alaska#34461 in 102
Missouri#343331 in 108
Illinois#355721 in 143
Ohio#356231 in 122
Indiana#363201 in 118
New Jersey#363161 in 139
Pennsylvania#365801 in 132
Arizona#381531 in 155
Michigan#394441 in 141
Massachusetts#402041 in 178
Rhode Island#40441 in 130
Vermont#40271 in 122
Hawaii#41411 in 178
New Mexico#41681 in 172
Connecticut#421051 in 177
Wyoming#42321 in 122
Colorado#431661 in 151
Kansas#431191 in 149
Maine#43491 in 146
Minnesota#441991 in 157
California#469851 in 210
Washington#461801 in 175
Montana#50361 in 160
Wisconsin#501651 in 205
Idaho#52411 in 194
South Dakota#54251 in 212
New Hampshire#55301 in 207
Iowa#56901 in 227
North Dakota#56261 in 220
Oregon#56871 in 211
Nebraska#64431 in 279
Utah#70591 in 309

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 1983

girls
#1,114
121 births · 1 in 13,807 girls
boys
#33
13,212 births · 1 in 136 boys

Top girls' names in 1983

  1. #1Jennifer54,353
  2. #2Jessica45,283
  3. #3Amanda33,749
  4. #4Ashley33,289
  5. #5Sarah27,228
  6. #6Melissa23,475
  7. #7Nicole22,400
  8. #8Stephanie22,329
  9. #9Heather20,747
  10. #10Elizabeth19,842
  11. #1,114Charles121

Top boys' names in 1983

  1. #1Michael68,004
  2. #2Christopher59,324
  3. #3Matthew50,209
  4. #4David39,201
  5. #5Joshua36,687
  6. #6James36,342
  7. #7Jason35,113
  8. #8Daniel34,748
  9. #9John33,154
  10. #10Robert32,745
  11. #33Charles13,212
More about 1983

girls

1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 13,807 of them was named Charles, which outranked 90.8% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Charles
  1. #1,110Dannielle122
  2. #1,110Farrah122
  3. #1,110Kasie122
  4. #1,114Charles121
  5. #1,114Danna121
  6. #1,114Dulce121
  7. #1,114Latesha121
  8. #1,120Brigitte120
  9. #1,120Doreen120
  10. #1,120Elvira120

Tied with 5 names at #1,114; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,772Ciji#7,469 → #697
  2. ↑ 6,751Kirby#7,469 → #718
  3. ↑ 2,656Dwan#3,530 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,888Mallory#2,220 → #332
  5. ↑ 987Marquita#1,099 → #112
Fallers
  1. ↓ 656Syreeta#717 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 572Jenilee#817 → #1,389
  3. ↓ 538Tenika#947 → #1,485
  4. ↓ 396Toccara#541 → #937
  5. ↓ 333Venus#950 → #1,283

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

boys

1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 136 of them was named Charles, which outranked 99.6% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Charles
  1. #30Jeremy14,254
  2. #31Mark13,815
  3. #32Benjamin13,285
  4. #33Charles13,212
  5. #34Kyle12,372
  6. #35Stephen11,564
  7. #36Jacob10,999
Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,260Remington#3,108 → #848
  2. ↑ 2,159Trumaine#3,108 → #949
  3. ↑ 1,157Akeem#1,774 → #617
  4. ↑ 738Jacoby#1,654 → #916
  5. ↑ 655Deven#1,622 → #967
Fallers
  1. ↓ 284Marcello#969 → #1,253
  2. ↓ 275Schuyler#845 → #1,120
  3. ↓ 273Jessy#917 → #1,190
  4. ↓ 258Kennith#981 → #1,239
  5. ↓ 220Jarrad#933 → #1,153

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

See the top 100 for 1983 →