Charles
#9 most common boys' name of all time · #10 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#9
Rank overall
#10 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
2,447,135
Since 2016
62,623
Peak year
1947 #9
Best rank
#4 1880
Girls
Boys
peak 40,919/yr
Charles is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 5,898 | 5,908 | #48 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5,613 | 5,621 | #51 |
| 2023 | 9 | 5,421 | 5,430 | #54 |
| 2022 | 9 | 5,934 | 5,943 | #50 |
| 2021 | 5 | 6,010 | 6,015 | #50 |
| 2020 | 13 | 6,249 | 6,262 | #46 |
| 2019 | 9 | 6,406 | 6,415 | #52 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,667 | 6,680 | #53 |
| 2017 | 12 | 7,193 | 7,205 | #48 |
| 2016 | 17 | 7,127 | 7,144 | #52 |
| 2015 | 9 | 7,204 | 7,213 | #50 |
| 2014 | 15 | 7,362 | 7,377 | #51 |
| 2013 | 15 | 7,025 | 7,040 | #57 |
| 2012 | 15 | 6,947 | 6,962 | #62 |
| 2011 | 9 | 6,987 | 6,996 | #61 |
| 2010 | 8 | 7,106 | 7,114 | #63 |
| 2009 | — | 7,284 | 7,284 | #64 |
| 2008 | 19 | 7,288 | 7,307 | #63 |
| 2007 | 12 | 7,452 | 7,464 | #62 |
| 2006 | 14 | 8,013 | 8,027 | #60 |
| 2005 | 16 | 7,933 | 7,949 | #56 |
| 2004 | 54 | 7,652 | 7,706 | #56 |
| 2003 | 8 | 7,696 | 7,704 | #57 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7,208 | 7,215 | #58 |
| 2001 | 17 | 7,283 | 7,300 | #55 |
| 2000 | 14 | 7,525 | 7,539 | #51 |
| 1999 | 11 | 7,525 | 7,536 | #50 |
| 1998 | 11 | 7,849 | 7,860 | #48 |
| 1997 | 15 | 7,656 | 7,671 | #49 |
| 1996 | 19 | 8,248 | 8,267 | #43 |
| 1995 | 22 | 8,478 | 8,500 | #44 |
| 1994 | 19 | 9,018 | 9,037 | #43 |
| 1993 | 28 | 9,855 | 9,883 | #44 |
| 1992 | 32 | 10,469 | 10,501 | #43 |
| 1991 | 34 | 11,336 | 11,370 | #38 |
| 1990 | 42 | 12,000 | 12,042 | #38 |
| 1989 | 60 | 12,245 | 12,305 | #36 |
| 1988 | 91 | 12,109 | 12,200 | #37 |
| 1987 | 82 | 12,173 | 12,255 | #35 |
| 1986 | 85 | 12,625 | 12,710 | #34 |
| 1985 | 106 | 12,900 | 13,006 | #34 |
| 1984 | 112 | 12,942 | 13,054 | #33 |
| 1983 | 121 | 13,212 | 13,333 | #33 |
| 1982 | 124 | 14,310 | 14,434 | #31 |
| 1981 | 102 | 14,427 | 14,529 | #31 |
| 1980 | 116 | 14,959 | 15,075 | #29 |
| 1979 | 130 | 14,806 | 14,936 | #28 |
| 1978 | 118 | 14,844 | 14,962 | #27 |
| 1977 | 88 | 14,743 | 14,831 | #26 |
| 1976 | 106 | 13,921 | 14,027 | #26 |
| 1975 | 129 | 14,574 | 14,703 | #25 |
| 1974 | 102 | 15,151 | 15,253 | #23 |
| 1973 | 117 | 15,752 | 15,869 | #23 |
| 1972 | 122 | 16,968 | 17,090 | #23 |
| 1971 | 146 | 19,851 | 19,997 | #22 |
| 1970 | 148 | 22,411 | 22,559 | #21 |
| 1969 | 135 | 21,658 | 21,793 | #19 |
| 1968 | 130 | 21,575 | 21,705 | #20 |
| 1967 | 122 | 21,288 | 21,410 | #20 |
| 1966 | 131 | 22,252 | 22,383 | #20 |
| 1965 | 132 | 23,494 | 23,626 | #20 |
| 1964 | 129 | 25,908 | 26,037 | #17 |
| 1963 | 136 | 26,762 | 26,898 | #16 |
| 1962 | 122 | 27,590 | 27,712 | #15 |
| 1961 | 120 | 29,194 | 29,314 | #13 |
| 1960 | 132 | 29,677 | 29,809 | #13 |
| 1959 | 150 | 30,797 | 30,947 | #11 |
| 1958 | 129 | 32,242 | 32,371 | #11 |
| 1957 | 152 | 34,283 | 34,435 | #11 |
| 1956 | 156 | 35,239 | 35,395 | #11 |
| 1955 | 148 | 35,365 | 35,513 | #11 |
| 1954 | 126 | 37,463 | 37,589 | #10 |
| 1953 | 138 | 38,421 | 38,559 | #9 |
| 1952 | 121 | 38,866 | 38,987 | #9 |
| 1951 | 151 | 39,406 | 39,557 | #9 |
| 1950 | 154 | 39,095 | 39,249 | #9 |
| 1949 | 143 | 40,052 | 40,195 | #9 |
| 1948 | 150 | 38,676 | 38,826 | #9 |
| 1947 | 138 | 40,781 | 40,919 | #9 |
| 1946 | 134 | 38,215 | 38,349 | #9 |
| 1945 | 125 | 32,469 | 32,594 | #7 |
| 1944 | 142 | 34,662 | 34,804 | #7 |
| 1943 | 176 | 36,632 | 36,808 | #7 |
| 1942 | 163 | 35,854 | 36,017 | #7 |
| 1941 | 155 | 32,742 | 32,897 | #6 |
| 1940 | 140 | 31,689 | 31,829 | #6 |
| 1939 | 149 | 30,789 | 30,938 | #6 |
| 1938 | 144 | 31,151 | 31,295 | #6 |
| 1937 | 176 | 30,520 | 30,696 | #6 |
| 1936 | 133 | 29,101 | 29,234 | #6 |
| 1935 | 149 | 29,983 | 30,132 | #6 |
| 1934 | 168 | 29,790 | 29,958 | #7 |
| 1933 | 209 | 28,991 | 29,200 | #6 |
| 1932 | 197 | 31,092 | 31,289 | #6 |
| 1931 | 212 | 29,934 | 30,146 | #6 |
| 1930 | 237 | 31,867 | 32,104 | #6 |
| 1929 | 262 | 29,930 | 30,192 | #5 |
| 1928 | 271 | 31,243 | 31,514 | #5 |
| 1927 | 303 | 31,941 | 32,244 | #5 |
| 1926 | 225 | 29,521 | 29,746 | #5 |
| 1925 | 216 | 29,580 | 29,796 | #5 |
| 1924 | 186 | 30,460 | 30,646 | #5 |
| 1923 | 159 | 28,966 | 29,125 | #5 |
| 1922 | 199 | 28,839 | 29,038 | #5 |
| 1921 | 176 | 29,242 | 29,418 | #5 |
| 1920 | 163 | 28,309 | 28,472 | #5 |
| 1919 | 129 | 25,192 | 25,321 | #5 |
| 1918 | 144 | 26,921 | 27,065 | #5 |
| 1917 | 124 | 24,143 | 24,267 | #7 |
| 1916 | 123 | 23,612 | 23,735 | #6 |
| 1915 | 101 | 21,960 | 22,061 | #7 |
| 1914 | 75 | 16,937 | 17,012 | #7 |
| 1913 | 49 | 13,191 | 13,240 | #7 |
| 1912 | 67 | 11,070 | 11,137 | #7 |
| 1911 | 40 | 5,725 | 5,765 | #7 |
| 1910 | 32 | 4,784 | 4,816 | #7 |
| 1909 | 29 | 4,029 | 4,058 | #7 |
| 1908 | 30 | 3,929 | 3,959 | #7 |
| 1907 | 20 | 3,884 | 3,904 | #6 |
| 1906 | 24 | 3,607 | 3,631 | #6 |
| 1905 | 22 | 3,608 | 3,630 | #5 |
| 1904 | 24 | 3,406 | 3,430 | #6 |
| 1903 | 19 | 3,213 | 3,232 | #5 |
| 1902 | 25 | 3,361 | 3,386 | #5 |
| 1901 | 23 | 3,049 | 3,072 | #5 |
| 1900 | 28 | 4,098 | 4,126 | #5 |
| 1899 | 23 | 3,147 | 3,170 | #5 |
| 1898 | 19 | 3,557 | 3,576 | #5 |
| 1897 | 20 | 3,341 | 3,361 | #5 |
| 1896 | 10 | 3,639 | 3,649 | #5 |
| 1895 | 27 | 3,633 | 3,660 | #5 |
| 1894 | 26 | 3,788 | 3,814 | #5 |
| 1893 | 23 | 3,723 | 3,746 | #5 |
| 1892 | 29 | 4,319 | 4,348 | #5 |
| 1891 | 29 | 3,640 | 3,669 | #5 |
| 1890 | 30 | 4,061 | 4,091 | #5 |
| 1889 | 28 | 4,199 | 4,227 | #5 |
| 1888 | 28 | 4,591 | 4,619 | #5 |
| 1887 | 33 | 4,031 | 4,064 | #5 |
| 1886 | 22 | 4,533 | 4,555 | #5 |
| 1885 | 24 | 4,599 | 4,623 | #5 |
| 1884 | 19 | 4,802 | 4,821 | #5 |
| 1883 | 18 | 4,826 | 4,844 | #4 |
| 1882 | 23 | 5,091 | 5,114 | #5 |
| 1881 | 17 | 4,636 | 4,653 | #5 |
| 1880 | 11 | 5,348 | 5,359 | #4 |