Charls
- Last seen for boys in 1987 at #4,239
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 722since 1886
Charls over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Charls has never cracked the top 800 here.
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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
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| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,169 | 13 |
| 1946 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #2,195 | 11 |
| 1943 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1939 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 15 |
| 1935 | #2,029 | 13 |
| 1934 | #1,386 | 24 |
| 1933 | #1,770 | 16 |
| 1932 | #1,426 | 24 |
| 1931 | #1,693 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1929 | #1,672 | 20 |
| 1928 | #1,569 | 23 |
| 1927 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1925 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #2,229 | 14 |
| 1923 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #2,376 | 13 |
| 1920 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 15 |
| 1918 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #1,492 | 17 |
| 1913 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1886
The first year at least five boys were named Charls! It came in at #845, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1891, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Charls is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Charls in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Charls
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1987
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1886 at #845 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1886–1892
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,464
- Highest: 1 in 18,464 boys born in 1886 were named Charls (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 186,698 boys born in 1987 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
- 22.9% of all boys named Charls (165) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #845 (1886) | #845 |
| 1890s | 6 | #956 (1892) | #956 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,162 (1900) | #1,162 |
| 1910s | 101 | #1,492 (1914) | #2,020 |
| 1920s | 164 | #1,569 (1928) | #2,075 |
| 1930s | 165 | #1,386 (1934) | #1,829 |
| 1940s | 121 | #1,627 (1940) | #2,186 |
| 1950s | 56 | #2,628 (1956) | #2,950 |
| 1960s | 54 | #2,535 (1960) | #3,287 |
| 1970s | 16 | #3,622 (1972) | #3,640 |
| 1980s | 27 | #3,805 (1985) | #4,657 |
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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