Charly

#3,249 for girls in 2025, 48 births · #5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
Given to girls 65.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
#1,838
1986 · 61 births
Debut · girls
1975
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,518
since 1975

Charly over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #1,838, 1986peak #884, 1890girlsboys
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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
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2025#3,24948#5,60816
2024#2,26582#3,16138
2023#2,89158#3,71230
2022#2,00697#2,87344
2021#2,34577#3,65130
2020#2,11586#3,41832
2019#2,23182#4,00326
2018#2,71163#3,52431
2017#2,59767#4,59421
2016#2,22186#4,62421
2015#2,29481#3,98226
2014#1,853109#3,69328
2013#2,50871#3,18934
2012#2,02895#3,37132
2011#2,34679#3,36432
2010#2,51473#2,57947
2009#2,61470#2,45152
2008#2,80264#3,00539
2007#2,39479#2,47351
2006#3,13653#3,45130
2005#2,52468#2,18255
2004#2,65262#2,05158
2003#3,08548#2,84734
2002#3,81034#2,15549
2001#3,78534#2,24945
2000#4,64925#2,80532
1999#3,63933#2,93928
1998#3,17339#2,55233
1997#3,89728#3,35121
1996#3,02839#3,20222
1995#3,42232#3,30320
1994#4,37623#3,59618
1993#3,35133#4,44713
1992#3,14436#3,74816
1991#3,03637#4,00514
1990#3,71428#3,30918
1989#2,87938#3,32517
1988#2,36946#3,70513
1987#2,23648#4,23910
1986#1,83861#4,4579
1985#2,17248#5,1477
1984#2,62535#4,5528
1983#3,43123—
1982#4,16718#6,3855
1981#4,16218#6,2625
1980#4,74315#4,9407
1979#6,18910#6,0565
1978#4,24216#5,0596
1977#5,53211—
1976#9,2845#4,4187
1975#7,1737#5,4645
1974—#4,6346
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First appearance
1975

The first year at least five girls were named Charly! It came in at #7,173, and was given to 7 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1975–1976, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Charly is popular in 1986

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedHITexas: #968 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 9,405 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Charly, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#968 · 1 in 9,405

Best ever in a state: #368 in Utah, 2014.

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See more about Charly
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 984 spots since 2024 (#2,265 → #3,249)
  • 1,134 spots since 2020 (#2,115 → #3,249)
  • 955 spots since 2015 (#2,294 → #3,249)
Rise & fade · girls
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1975
  • Peaked 1986 at #1,838 (61 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,389
  • Highest: 1 in 16,389 girls born in 2014 were named Charly (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 33,485 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,838 in 1986, was only 1 in 28,124 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 32.0% of all girls named Charly (806) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2003
  • Mostly boys until 2002, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s49#4,242 (1978)#6,484
1980s350#1,838 (1986)#3,062
1990s328#3,028 (1996)#3,478
2000s537#2,394 (2007)#3,145
2010s806#1,853 (2014)#2,330
2020s448#2,006 (2022)#2,479

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Charly in 1986

girls
#1,838
61 births · 1 in 28,124 girls
boys
#4,457
9 births · 1 in 204,613 boys

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #1,838Charly61

Top boys' names in 1986

  1. #1Michael64,235
  2. #2Christopher56,693
  3. #3Matthew46,929
  4. #4Joshua37,542
  5. #5David37,150
  6. #6Daniel36,573
  7. #7James34,057
  8. #8Andrew33,858
  9. #9Robert31,350
  10. #10John30,209
  11. #4,457Charly9
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 28,124 of them was named Charly, which outranked 85.7% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Charly
  1. #1,816Shantia62
  2. #1,816Tahnee62
  3. #1,816Tracee62
  4. #1,838Charly61
  5. #1,838Amara61
  6. #1,838Amira61
  7. #1,838Antonio61
  8. #1,866Anitra60
  9. #1,866Arika60
  10. #1,866Astrid60

Tied with 27 names at #1,838; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,719Kyrie#10,677 → #958
  2. ↑ 4,778Sable#5,678 → #900
  3. ↑ 2,034Eliana#2,484 → #450
  4. ↑ 1,497Shatara#2,484 → #987
  5. ↑ 1,374Cherrelle#2,253 → #879
Fallers
  1. ↓ 442Violeta#963 → #1,405
  2. ↓ 361Micaela#545 → #906
  3. ↓ 361Tasia#572 → #933
  4. ↓ 324Jo#925 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 306Tammie#987 → #1,293

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

boys

1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 204,613 of them was named Charly, which outranked 43.1% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Charly
  1. #4,130Zackory10
  2. #4,130Zebedee10
  3. #4,130Zvi10
  4. #4,457Charly9
  5. #4,457Abdur9
  6. #4,457Abhishek9
  7. #4,457Adel9
  8. #4,853Abdel8
  9. #4,853Abelino8
  10. #4,853Abimael8

Tied with 395 names at #4,457; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,279Spenser#2,226 → #947
  2. ↑ 920Jayce#1,614 → #694
  3. ↑ 714Addison#1,228 → #514
  4. ↑ 649Payton#1,614 → #965
  5. ↑ 573Cordell#1,181 → #608
Fallers
  1. ↓ 409Ulises#877 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 365Eliot#934 → #1,299
  3. ↓ 322Jordy#998 → #1,320
  4. ↓ 313Trace#956 → #1,269
  5. ↓ 292Kennith#963 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1986 →