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
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,530since 1888
Charlton over time
Rank among boys' names. Charlton has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,861 | 15 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,255 | 9 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,479 | 13 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,032 | 14 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,235 | 17 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,406 | 13 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,594 | 21 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,053 | 14 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,890 | 19 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,014 | 25 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,923 | 14 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,686 | 20 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,885 | 26 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,517 | 21 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,399 | 32 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,103 | 37 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,640 | 20 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,306 | 32 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,567 | 43 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,860 | 23 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,674 | 37 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,450 | 25 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,489 | 39 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,425 | 39 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,510 | 35 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #2,782 | 29 |
| 1997 | — | #2,546 | 31 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,406 | 20 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,758 | 50 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,012 | 41 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,792 | 47 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,778 | 47 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,823 | 43 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,685 | 48 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,452 | 57 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,404 | 55 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,379 | 53 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,242 | 60 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,371 | 50 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,294 | 51 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,399 | 45 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,415 | 45 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,396 | 46 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,272 | 53 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,319 | 49 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,487 | 39 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,144 | 58 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,333 | 44 | |
| 1975 | — | #938 | 76 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,073 | 59 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,223 | 46 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,163 | 49 | |
| 1971 | — | #901 | 82 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,063 | 59 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,252 | 40 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,282 | 35 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,043 | 49 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,131 | 43 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,163 | 42 | |
| 1964 | — | #980 | 60 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,052 | 52 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,069 | 51 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,078 | 52 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,167 | 45 | |
| 1959 | — | #993 | 60 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,060 | 52 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,165 | 44 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,120 | 46 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,102 | 46 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,112 | 45 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,331 | 32 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,939 | 16 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,662 | 9 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,123 | 13 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,817 | 17 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,786 | 18 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,030 | 13 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,009 | 12 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,467 | 9 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,910 | 15 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,268 | 11 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,685 | 17 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,081 | 12 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,390 | 23 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,326 | 10 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,688 | 17 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,246 | 11 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,121 | 12 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,707 | 17 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,538 | 21 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,822 | 18 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,298 | 13 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,012 | 16 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,532 | 25 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,696 | 21 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,644 | 22 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,829 | 19 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,052 | 16 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,576 | 22 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,710 | 20 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,587 | 21 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,415 | 24 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,505 | 21 | |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,441 | 14 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,417 | 12 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1976
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#1,076 · 1 in 21,514
- New York#1,112 · 1 in 22,450
- California#1,172 · 1 in 26,447
Best ever in a state: #255 in South Carolina, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #1,076 | 5 | 1 in 21,514 |
| New York | #1,112 | 5 | 1 in 22,450 |
| California | #1,172 | 6 | 1 in 26,447 |
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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 Charlton
- 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)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1890 at #814 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · 1890–1975
- 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%)
- 15.9% of all boys named Charlton (561) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,031 (1888) | #1,031 |
| 1890s | 18 | #814 (1890) | #953 |
| 1900s | 23 | #1,091 (1905) | #1,171 |
| 1910s | 145 | #1,415 (1916) | #1,717 |
| 1920s | 174 | #1,532 (1924) | #1,966 |
| 1930s | 137 | #1,390 (1939) | #2,155 |
| 1940s | 137 | #1,685 (1941) | #2,018 |
| 1950s | 365 | #993 (1959) | #1,443 |
| 1960s | 469 | #980 (1964) | #1,122 |
| 1970s | 561 | #901 (1971) | #1,164 |
| 1980s | 515 | #1,242 (1986) | #1,362 |
| 1990s | 391 | #1,685 (1990) | #2,209 |
| 2000s | 327 | #2,425 (2000) | #3,191 |
| 2010s | 187 | #3,885 (2011) | #5,100 |
| 2020s | 76 | #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 1976
Top boys' names in 1976
More about 1976
boys
1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 35,659 of them was named Charlton, which outranked 79.5% 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).
- #1,320Monroe45
- #1,320Starsky45
- #1,320Vincente45
- #1,333Charlton44
- #1,333Christofer44
- #1,333Cliffton44
- #1,333Darrius44
- #1,346Alden43
- #1,346Anand43
- #1,346Antwone43
Tied with 12 names at #1,333; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.