Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Chari

#6,234 most common girls' name of all time · #10,530 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1941–2020

Rank among girls
#6,234
Rank overall
#10,530 of 105,966
First appeared
1941
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
1,202
Since 2016
23
Peak year
1960 #1,782
Best rank
#1,782 1960
Girls Boys peak 41/yr
1960198020002020

Chari first appears in 1941. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2020 9 — 9 #10,367
2019 5 — 5 #15,811
2017 9 — 9 #10,847
2014 5 — 5 #16,840
2012 5 — 5 #17,118
2006 5 — 5 #17,489
2002 6 — 6 #13,831
2001 5 — 5 #15,674
2000 5 — 5 #15,319
1996 8 — 8 #9,751
1995 8 — 8 #9,705
1994 11 — 11 #7,711
1993 10 — 10 #8,189
1992 16 — 16 #5,787
1991 8 — 8 #9,517
1990 17 — 17 #5,368
1989 10 — 10 #7,577
1988 15 — 15 #5,411
1987 18 — 18 #4,541
1986 27 — 27 #3,309
1985 31 — 31 #2,966
1984 30 — 30 #2,941
1983 19 — 19 #4,010
1982 33 — 33 #2,796
1981 13 — 13 #5,366
1980 20 — 20 #3,901
1979 25 — 25 #3,280
1978 11 — 11 #5,670
1977 21 — 21 #3,543
1976 17 — 17 #3,875
1975 25 — 25 #2,923
1974 20 — 20 #3,356
1973 25 — 25 #2,783
1972 24 — 24 #2,863
1971 38 — 38 #2,163
1970 34 — 34 #2,287
1969 29 — 29 #2,435
1968 28 — 28 #2,333
1967 30 — 30 #2,196
1966 27 — 27 #2,335
1965 38 — 38 #1,878
1964 35 — 35 #2,029
1963 25 — 25 #2,466
1962 37 — 37 #1,908
1961 25 — 25 #2,447
1960 41 — 41 #1,782
1959 17 — 17 #2,942
1958 30 — 30 #2,065
1957 24 — 24 #2,331
1956 24 — 24 #2,305
1955 31 — 31 #1,937
1954 18 — 18 #2,678
1953 16 — 16 #2,792
1952 27 — 27 #1,971
1951 21 — 21 #2,237
1950 16 — 16 #2,637
1949 8 — 8 #4,170
1948 7 — 7 #4,558
1947 12 — 12 #3,219
1946 12 — 12 #3,022
1945 9 — 9 #3,364
1944 7 — 7 #4,013
1943 5 — 5 #5,266
1942 10 — 10 #3,190
1941 5 — 5 #5,007