Charlton

Last seen for girls in 1998 at #14,122 · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1890 · 7 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,530
since 1888

Charlton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Charlton has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #814, 1890boys
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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—#5,86115
2024—#8,9878
2023—#8,2559
2022—#6,47913
2021—#6,03214
2020—#5,23517
2019—#6,40613
2018—#6,03614
2017—#4,59421
2016—#6,05314
2015—#4,89019
2014—#4,01425
2013—#5,92314
2012—#4,68620
2011—#3,88526
2010—#4,51721
2009—#3,39932
2008—#3,10337
2007—#4,64020
2006—#3,30632
2005—#2,56743
2004—#3,86023
2003—#2,67437
2002—#3,45025
2001—#2,48939
2000—#2,42539
1999—#2,51035
1998#14,1225#2,78229
1997—#2,54631
1996—#3,40620
1995—#1,75850
1994—#2,01241
1993—#1,79247
1992—#1,77847
1991—#1,82343
1990—#1,68548
1989—#1,45257
1988—#1,40455
1987—#1,37953
1986—#1,24260
1985—#1,37150
1984—#1,29451
1983—#1,39945
1982—#1,41545
1981—#1,39646
1980—#1,27253
1979—#1,31949
1978—#1,48739
1977—#1,14458
1976—#1,33344
1975—#93876
1974—#1,07359
1973—#1,22346
1972—#1,16349
1971—#90182
1970—#1,06359
1969—#1,25240
1968—#1,28235
1967—#1,04349
1966—#1,13143
1965—#1,16342
1964—#98060
1963—#1,05252
1962—#1,06951
1961—#1,07852
1960—#1,16745
1959—#99360
1958—#1,06052
1957—#1,16544
1956—#1,12046
1955—#1,10246
1954—#1,11245
1953—#1,33132
1952—#1,93916
1951—#2,6629
1950—#1,94115
1949—#2,12313
1948—#1,81717
1947—#1,78618
1946—#2,03013
1945—#2,00912
1944—#2,4679
1943—#1,91015
1942—#2,26811
1941—#1,68517
1940—#2,08112
1939—#1,39023
1938—#2,32610
1937—#1,68817
1936—#3,1476
1935—#2,24611
1934—#2,12112
1933—#1,70717
1932—#2,10113
1931—#1,53821
1930—#3,2897
1929—#2,58910
1928—#1,82218
1927—#2,29813
1926—#2,18614
1925—#2,01216
1924—#1,53225
1923—#1,69621
1922—#1,64422
1921—#1,82919
1920—#2,05216
1919—#1,57622
1918—#1,71020
1917—#1,58721
1916—#1,41524
1915—#1,50521
1914—#3,2645
1913—#1,44114
1912—#1,41712
1911—#1,5376
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1906—#1,1116
1905—#1,0916
1904—#1,2055
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1892—#1,0665
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1890—#8147
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1888—#1,0315
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five boys were named Charlton! It came in at #1,031, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Charlton is popular in 1890

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Charlton
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 3,126 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #5,861)
  • 626 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #5,861)
  • 971 spots since 2015 (#4,890 → #5,861)
  • Biggest jump: 162 spots in 1971 (#1,063 → #901)
  • Biggest drop: 395 spots in 1976 (#938 → #1,333)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1890 at #814 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · 1890–1975
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,861
  • Highest: 1 in 15,861 boys born in 1890 were named Charlton (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 15.9% of all boys named Charlton (561) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,031 (1888)#1,031
1890s18#814 (1890)#953
1900s23#1,091 (1905)#1,171
1910s145#1,415 (1916)#1,717
1920s174#1,532 (1924)#1,966
1930s137#1,390 (1939)#2,155
1940s137#1,685 (1941)#2,018
1950s365#993 (1959)#1,443
1960s469#980 (1964)#1,122
1970s561#901 (1971)#1,164
1980s515#1,242 (1986)#1,362
1990s391#1,685 (1990)#2,209
2000s327#2,425 (2000)#3,191
2010s187#3,885 (2011)#5,100
2020s76#5,235 (2020)#6,808

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.

Charlton in 1890

boys
#814
7 births · 1 in 15,861 boys

Top boys' names in 1890

  1. #1John8,502
  2. #2William7,494
  3. #3James5,097
  4. #4George4,458
  5. #5Charles4,061
  6. #6Frank3,078
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Robert2,541
  9. #9Henry2,349
  10. #10Harry2,345
  11. #814Charlton7
More about 1890

boys

111,024 boys got a published name in 1890; 1 in 15,861 of them was named Charlton, which outranked 29.9% of the 1,161 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Charlton
  1. #739Worth8
  2. #739Xavier8
  3. #739Zeb8
  4. #814Charlton7
  5. #814Alcide7
  6. #814Alto7
  7. #814Benny7
  8. #884Abb6
  9. #884Addie6
  10. #884Alpheus6

Tied with 69 names at #814; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. ↑ 463Hoyt#974 → #511
  2. ↑ 441Ebb#974 → #533
  3. ↑ 371Eva#974 → #603
  4. ↑ 371Perley#974 → #603
  5. ↑ 371Jimmy#974 → #603
Fallers
  1. ↓ 530Alvie#464 → #994
  2. ↓ 438Thornton#446 → #884
  3. ↓ 420Hezekiah#464 → #884
  4. ↓ 413Essie#581 → #994
  5. ↓ 413Clare#581 → #994

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

See the top 100 for 1890 →