Charna
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1942 · 12 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 560since 1928
Charna over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Charna has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
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| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 |
| 1941 | — | |
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| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
| 1936 | — | |
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| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 |
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First appearance
1928
The first year at least five girls were named Charna! It came in at #4,195, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1929–1936, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Charna is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Charna in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 2,781 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #14,942)
- 2,800 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #14,942)
- 3,107 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #14,942)
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1928
- Peaked 1942 at #2,666 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1943, 1 yr 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 109,510
- Highest: 1 in 109,510 girls born in 1977 were named Charna (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,666 in 1942, was only 1 in 112,560 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 17.1% of all girls named Charna (96) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #4,195 (1928) | #4,195 |
| 1930s | 6 | #3,800 (1937) | #3,800 |
| 1940s | 52 | #2,666 (1942) | #4,007 |
| 1950s | 70 | #3,662 (1950) | #4,143 |
| 1960s | 72 | #3,402 (1965) | #5,165 |
| 1970s | 84 | #4,652 (1977) | #5,851 |
| 1980s | 96 | #5,457 (1983) | #6,512 |
| 1990s | 51 | #6,588 (1991) | #9,677 |
| 2000s | 47 | #9,379 (2009) | #12,886 |
| 2010s | 43 | #11,246 (2010) | #13,028 |
| 2020s | 33 | #11,231 (2022) | #12,788 |
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.
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