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.

Charleston**

#2,109 most common boys' name of all time · #5,047 across all names · 66% male / 34% female · used 1914–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#2,109
Rank overall
#5,047 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
96 of 146
All-time
3,813
Since 2016
1,296
Peak year
2015 #1,745
Best rank
#1,595 1984
Girls Boys peak 343/yr
192019401960198020002020

Charleston first appears in 1914. 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
2025 48 41 89 #3,004
2024 46 46 92 #2,795
2023 46 29 75 #3,814
2022 64 44 108 #2,883
2021 68 54 122 #2,470
2020 64 58 122 #2,328
2019 88 70 158 #2,067
2018 94 58 152 #2,308
2017 99 58 157 #2,274
2016 156 65 221 #2,135
2015 255 88 343 #1,745
2014 41 71 112 #2,006
2013 23 51 74 #2,430
2012 26 50 76 #2,495
2011 20 51 71 #2,448
2010 19 47 66 #2,586
2009 19 53 72 #2,411
2008 11 27 38 #3,844
2007 23 38 61 #3,038
2006 19 42 61 #2,750
2005 8 34 42 #3,035
2004 11 32 43 #3,089
2003 9 35 44 #2,801
2002 10 22 32 #3,820
2001 11 37 48 #2,572
2000 5 30 35 #2,935
1999 6 34 40 #2,569
1998 9 36 45 #2,407
1997 7 52 59 #1,820
1996 — 31 31 #2,496
1995 — 31 31 #2,457
1994 — 26 26 #2,787
1993 — 39 39 #2,063
1992 — 40 40 #1,986
1991 — 39 39 #1,965
1990 — 46 46 #1,736
1989 — 44 44 #1,747
1988 — 45 45 #1,599
1987 — 38 38 #1,746
1986 — 30 30 #1,977
1985 — 33 33 #1,813
1984 — 38 38 #1,595
1983 — 25 25 #2,103
1982 — 29 29 #1,909
1981 — 31 31 #1,841
1980 — 23 23 #2,244
1979 — 27 27 #1,964
1978 — 25 25 #1,985
1977 — 26 26 #1,923
1976 — 17 17 #2,542
1975 — 20 20 #2,240
1974 — 27 27 #1,767
1973 — 22 22 #1,954
1972 — 13 13 #2,719
1971 — 13 13 #2,744
1970 — 12 12 #2,806
1969 — 14 14 #2,352
1968 — 12 12 #2,502
1967 — 14 14 #2,198
1966 — 14 14 #2,181
1965 — 13 13 #2,330
1964 — 11 11 #2,613
1963 — 18 18 #1,943
1962 — 6 6 #3,797
1961 — 12 12 #2,490
1960 — 11 11 #2,617
1959 — 14 14 #2,256
1958 — 10 10 #2,737
1957 — 10 10 #2,737
1956 — 10 10 #2,739
1955 — 16 16 #2,028
1954 — 10 10 #2,683
1953 — 10 10 #2,646
1951 — 11 11 #2,449
1950 — 8 8 #2,929
1949 — 8 8 #2,944
1946 — 6 6 #3,385
1943 — 6 6 #3,419
1941 — 5 5 #3,782
1940 — 7 7 #3,037
1937 — 6 6 #3,386
1935 — 6 6 #3,494
1933 — 6 6 #3,516
1932 — 5 5 #4,033
1928 — 7 7 #3,562
1927 — 6 6 #4,009
1925 — 8 8 #3,309
1924 — 12 12 #2,612
1923 — 7 7 #3,676
1922 — 6 6 #4,077
1921 — 9 9 #3,141
1920 — 9 9 #3,141
1919 — 6 6 #3,964
1918 — 6 6 #3,957
1917 — 5 5 #4,258
1914 — 5 5 #3,557