Charley**
#611 most common boys' name of all time · #1,361 across all names · 68% male / 32% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#611
Rank overall
#1,361 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
35,321
Since 2016
5,753
Peak year
2014 #1,873
Best rank
#59 1880
Girls
Boys
peak 719/yr
Charley 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 | 356 | 87 | 443 | #1,826 |
| 2024 | 386 | 88 | 474 | #1,833 |
| 2023 | 388 | 96 | 484 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 421 | 86 | 507 | #1,852 |
| 2021 | 480 | 84 | 564 | #1,841 |
| 2020 | 561 | 83 | 644 | #1,799 |
| 2019 | 552 | 86 | 638 | #1,790 |
| 2018 | 553 | 100 | 653 | #1,626 |
| 2017 | 611 | 96 | 707 | #1,644 |
| 2016 | 560 | 79 | 639 | #1,875 |
| 2015 | 604 | 85 | 689 | #1,780 |
| 2014 | 641 | 78 | 719 | #1,873 |
| 2013 | 578 | 89 | 667 | #1,675 |
| 2012 | 484 | 75 | 559 | #1,910 |
| 2011 | 462 | 85 | 547 | #1,730 |
| 2010 | 324 | 92 | 416 | #1,677 |
| 2009 | 279 | 92 | 371 | #1,698 |
| 2008 | 263 | 77 | 340 | #1,874 |
| 2007 | 239 | 80 | 319 | #1,811 |
| 2006 | 226 | 66 | 292 | #2,010 |
| 2005 | 192 | 69 | 261 | #1,854 |
| 2004 | 168 | 74 | 242 | #1,720 |
| 2003 | 122 | 47 | 169 | #2,269 |
| 2002 | 93 | 45 | 138 | #2,295 |
| 2001 | 73 | 37 | 110 | #2,562 |
| 2000 | 73 | 44 | 117 | #2,222 |
| 1999 | 78 | 42 | 120 | #2,199 |
| 1998 | 90 | 39 | 129 | #2,274 |
| 1997 | 80 | 33 | 113 | #2,449 |
| 1996 | 69 | 49 | 118 | #1,842 |
| 1995 | 60 | 48 | 108 | #1,801 |
| 1994 | 60 | 43 | 103 | #1,929 |
| 1993 | 52 | 42 | 94 | #1,933 |
| 1992 | 59 | 38 | 97 | #2,047 |
| 1991 | 51 | 50 | 101 | #1,652 |
| 1990 | 56 | 56 | 112 | #1,517 |
| 1989 | 63 | 47 | 110 | #1,658 |
| 1988 | 62 | 51 | 113 | #1,482 |
| 1987 | 63 | 61 | 124 | #1,248 |
| 1986 | 54 | 63 | 117 | #1,199 |
| 1985 | 46 | 50 | 96 | #1,371 |
| 1984 | 26 | 64 | 90 | #1,134 |
| 1983 | 19 | 55 | 74 | #1,239 |
| 1982 | 17 | 72 | 89 | #1,072 |
| 1981 | 23 | 84 | 107 | #986 |
| 1980 | 15 | 78 | 93 | #1,023 |
| 1979 | 17 | 71 | 88 | #1,044 |
| 1978 | 18 | 70 | 88 | #1,041 |
| 1977 | 14 | 75 | 89 | #989 |
| 1976 | 11 | 57 | 68 | #1,123 |
| 1975 | 9 | 65 | 74 | #1,019 |
| 1974 | — | 72 | 72 | #961 |
| 1973 | — | 66 | 66 | #992 |
| 1972 | — | 73 | 73 | #943 |
| 1971 | 6 | 84 | 90 | #886 |
| 1970 | — | 94 | 94 | #832 |
| 1969 | — | 96 | 96 | #790 |
| 1968 | 6 | 81 | 87 | #821 |
| 1967 | — | 76 | 76 | #822 |
| 1966 | — | 83 | 83 | #800 |
| 1965 | — | 93 | 93 | #765 |
| 1964 | 5 | 101 | 106 | #760 |
| 1963 | — | 149 | 149 | #640 |
| 1962 | — | 110 | 110 | #729 |
| 1961 | — | 98 | 98 | #776 |
| 1960 | — | 134 | 134 | #676 |
| 1959 | — | 137 | 137 | #657 |
| 1958 | — | 130 | 130 | #669 |
| 1957 | 9 | 125 | 134 | #681 |
| 1956 | — | 140 | 140 | #640 |
| 1955 | 7 | 140 | 147 | #629 |
| 1954 | 5 | 129 | 134 | #646 |
| 1953 | 6 | 138 | 144 | #618 |
| 1952 | 6 | 156 | 162 | #559 |
| 1951 | 10 | 144 | 154 | #577 |
| 1950 | 9 | 175 | 184 | #506 |
| 1949 | 11 | 173 | 184 | #507 |
| 1948 | 10 | 161 | 171 | #522 |
| 1947 | 10 | 188 | 198 | #490 |
| 1946 | — | 159 | 159 | #510 |
| 1945 | 8 | 156 | 164 | #481 |
| 1944 | 12 | 200 | 212 | #432 |
| 1943 | 19 | 208 | 227 | #432 |
| 1942 | 6 | 198 | 204 | #438 |
| 1941 | 13 | 208 | 221 | #402 |
| 1940 | 13 | 201 | 214 | #404 |
| 1939 | 10 | 192 | 202 | #411 |
| 1938 | 13 | 236 | 249 | #362 |
| 1937 | 13 | 188 | 201 | #414 |
| 1936 | 11 | 238 | 249 | #350 |
| 1935 | 19 | 240 | 259 | #354 |
| 1934 | 14 | 254 | 268 | #343 |
| 1933 | 9 | 246 | 255 | #341 |
| 1932 | 18 | 282 | 300 | #328 |
| 1931 | 13 | 258 | 271 | #340 |
| 1930 | 11 | 289 | 300 | #323 |
| 1929 | 18 | 323 | 341 | #307 |
| 1928 | 17 | 321 | 338 | #315 |
| 1927 | 14 | 365 | 379 | #303 |
| 1926 | 12 | 398 | 410 | #288 |
| 1925 | 22 | 350 | 372 | #303 |
| 1924 | 16 | 430 | 446 | #275 |
| 1923 | 11 | 421 | 432 | #277 |
| 1922 | 9 | 435 | 444 | #273 |
| 1921 | 16 | 456 | 472 | #263 |
| 1920 | 18 | 485 | 503 | #249 |
| 1919 | 14 | 470 | 484 | #243 |
| 1918 | 8 | 462 | 470 | #247 |
| 1917 | 12 | 457 | 469 | #237 |
| 1916 | 16 | 461 | 477 | #230 |
| 1915 | 12 | 414 | 426 | #239 |
| 1914 | 9 | 359 | 368 | #224 |
| 1913 | — | 278 | 278 | #225 |
| 1912 | — | 288 | 288 | #200 |
| 1911 | — | 160 | 160 | #193 |
| 1910 | 8 | 181 | 189 | #167 |
| 1909 | 5 | 147 | 152 | #166 |
| 1908 | — | 155 | 155 | #153 |
| 1907 | — | 164 | 164 | #142 |
| 1906 | — | 157 | 157 | #131 |
| 1905 | — | 168 | 168 | #130 |
| 1904 | — | 166 | 166 | #127 |
| 1903 | — | 126 | 126 | #148 |
| 1902 | — | 168 | 168 | #113 |
| 1901 | 7 | 158 | 165 | #108 |
| 1900 | — | 224 | 224 | #103 |
| 1899 | — | 120 | 120 | #132 |
| 1898 | — | 170 | 170 | #110 |
| 1897 | — | 156 | 156 | #112 |
| 1896 | — | 168 | 168 | #111 |
| 1895 | — | 178 | 178 | #106 |
| 1894 | — | 186 | 186 | #99 |
| 1893 | — | 191 | 191 | #94 |
| 1892 | — | 210 | 210 | #92 |
| 1891 | — | 193 | 193 | #82 |
| 1890 | — | 183 | 183 | #93 |
| 1889 | — | 199 | 199 | #88 |
| 1888 | — | 254 | 254 | #78 |
| 1887 | — | 221 | 221 | #75 |
| 1886 | — | 214 | 214 | #81 |
| 1885 | — | 285 | 285 | #65 |
| 1884 | — | 290 | 290 | #64 |
| 1883 | — | 254 | 254 | #63 |
| 1882 | — | 262 | 262 | #67 |
| 1881 | — | 266 | 266 | #62 |
| 1880 | — | 305 | 305 | #59 |