Char
#11,196 most common girls' name of all time · #18,569 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1945–1997
Rank among girls
#11,196
Rank overall
#18,569 of 105,966
First appeared
1945
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
488
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1960 #2,359
Best rank
#2,359 1960
Girls
Boys
peak 26/yr
Char first appears in 1945. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,073 |
| 1995 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,044 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,831 |
| 1990 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,920 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,094 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,589 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,871 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,814 |
| 1983 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,887 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,549 |
| 1981 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,024 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,791 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,324 |
| 1978 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,132 |
| 1977 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,513 |
| 1976 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,009 |
| 1975 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,234 |
| 1974 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,627 |
| 1973 | 19 | — | 19 | #3,414 |
| 1972 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,473 |
| 1971 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,666 |
| 1970 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,626 |
| 1969 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,691 |
| 1968 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,704 |
| 1967 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,221 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,025 |
| 1965 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,399 |
| 1964 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,523 |
| 1963 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,747 |
| 1962 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,394 |
| 1961 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,156 |
| 1960 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,359 |
| 1959 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,216 |
| 1958 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,122 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,815 |
| 1956 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,461 |
| 1955 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,739 |
| 1954 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,004 |
| 1952 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,404 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,752 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,889 |
| 1949 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,604 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,342 |
| 1946 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,380 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,178 |