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.

Charlesa

#25,674 most common girls' name of all time · #41,648 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1954–1996

Rank among girls
#25,674
Rank overall
#41,648 of 105,966
First appeared
1954
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
93
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1990 #5,938
Best rank
#5,938 1990
Girls Boys peak 15/yr
19601980

Charlesa first appears in 1954. 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
1996 5 — 5 #13,945
1994 9 — 9 #9,004
1993 6 — 6 #12,118
1991 6 — 6 #11,875
1990 15 — 15 #5,938
1989 7 — 7 #9,972
1988 8 — 8 #8,627
1984 5 — 5 #10,904
1982 5 — 5 #11,027
1977 6 — 6 #8,845
1974 5 — 5 #9,258
1968 5 — 5 #7,610
1957 6 — 6 #5,975
1954 5 — 5 #6,479