Charlie*
#173 most common boys' name of all time · #359 across all names · 82% male / 18% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#173
Rank overall
#359 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
224,639
Since 2016
40,654
Peak year
2025 #145
Best rank
#21 1881
Girls
Boys
peak 4,620/yr
Charlie 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 | 2,160 | 2,460 | 4,620 | #145 |
| 2024 | 2,113 | 2,094 | 4,207 | #176 |
| 2023 | 2,245 | 2,104 | 4,349 | #174 |
| 2022 | 2,341 | 2,110 | 4,451 | #178 |
| 2021 | 2,223 | 2,009 | 4,232 | #188 |
| 2020 | 2,239 | 1,872 | 4,111 | #204 |
| 2019 | 2,087 | 1,832 | 3,919 | #211 |
| 2018 | 1,851 | 1,730 | 3,581 | #218 |
| 2017 | 1,913 | 1,793 | 3,706 | #213 |
| 2016 | 1,767 | 1,711 | 3,478 | #227 |
| 2015 | 1,562 | 1,674 | 3,236 | #231 |
| 2014 | 1,439 | 1,696 | 3,135 | #225 |
| 2013 | 1,327 | 1,565 | 2,892 | #233 |
| 2012 | 1,045 | 1,537 | 2,582 | #233 |
| 2011 | 856 | 1,521 | 2,377 | #236 |
| 2010 | 672 | 1,431 | 2,103 | #245 |
| 2009 | 490 | 1,255 | 1,745 | #274 |
| 2008 | 406 | 1,090 | 1,496 | #306 |
| 2007 | 367 | 956 | 1,323 | #334 |
| 2006 | 355 | 931 | 1,286 | #337 |
| 2005 | 257 | 934 | 1,191 | #329 |
| 2004 | 223 | 812 | 1,035 | #350 |
| 2003 | 175 | 709 | 884 | #368 |
| 2002 | 170 | 599 | 769 | #416 |
| 2001 | 138 | 553 | 691 | #439 |
| 2000 | 129 | 528 | 657 | #450 |
| 1999 | 136 | 548 | 684 | #427 |
| 1998 | 132 | 495 | 627 | #453 |
| 1997 | 135 | 470 | 605 | #465 |
| 1996 | 137 | 459 | 596 | #477 |
| 1995 | 118 | 510 | 628 | #447 |
| 1994 | 111 | 448 | 559 | #477 |
| 1993 | 104 | 441 | 545 | #478 |
| 1992 | 92 | 487 | 579 | #450 |
| 1991 | 131 | 518 | 649 | #430 |
| 1990 | 120 | 537 | 657 | #422 |
| 1989 | 86 | 522 | 608 | #408 |
| 1988 | 121 | 502 | 623 | #394 |
| 1987 | 109 | 533 | 642 | #366 |
| 1986 | 108 | 536 | 644 | #354 |
| 1985 | 79 | 549 | 628 | #343 |
| 1984 | 74 | 541 | 615 | #344 |
| 1983 | 43 | 554 | 597 | #335 |
| 1982 | 57 | 517 | 574 | #353 |
| 1981 | 61 | 615 | 676 | #308 |
| 1980 | 71 | 596 | 667 | #322 |
| 1979 | 71 | 697 | 768 | #289 |
| 1978 | 62 | 659 | 721 | #289 |
| 1977 | 81 | 608 | 689 | #311 |
| 1976 | 59 | 566 | 625 | #310 |
| 1975 | 25 | 565 | 590 | #315 |
| 1974 | 19 | 553 | 572 | #322 |
| 1973 | 20 | 612 | 632 | #296 |
| 1972 | 10 | 641 | 651 | #289 |
| 1971 | 12 | 696 | 708 | #290 |
| 1970 | 21 | 768 | 789 | #273 |
| 1969 | 24 | 770 | 794 | #268 |
| 1968 | 25 | 740 | 765 | #267 |
| 1967 | 32 | 804 | 836 | #249 |
| 1966 | 31 | 836 | 867 | #250 |
| 1965 | 28 | 964 | 992 | #236 |
| 1964 | 33 | 1,070 | 1,103 | #229 |
| 1963 | 43 | 1,163 | 1,206 | #221 |
| 1962 | 41 | 1,223 | 1,264 | #220 |
| 1961 | 44 | 1,224 | 1,268 | #225 |
| 1960 | 45 | 1,247 | 1,292 | #221 |
| 1959 | 51 | 1,415 | 1,466 | #204 |
| 1958 | 55 | 1,428 | 1,483 | #196 |
| 1957 | 72 | 1,453 | 1,525 | #193 |
| 1956 | 74 | 1,528 | 1,602 | #185 |
| 1955 | 71 | 1,437 | 1,508 | #184 |
| 1954 | 83 | 1,460 | 1,543 | #181 |
| 1953 | 80 | 1,534 | 1,614 | #174 |
| 1952 | 83 | 1,663 | 1,746 | #161 |
| 1951 | 102 | 1,686 | 1,788 | #153 |
| 1950 | 102 | 1,678 | 1,780 | #151 |
| 1949 | 115 | 1,833 | 1,948 | #146 |
| 1948 | 113 | 1,902 | 2,015 | #144 |
| 1947 | 117 | 1,914 | 2,031 | #145 |
| 1946 | 113 | 1,787 | 1,900 | #135 |
| 1945 | 111 | 1,725 | 1,836 | #128 |
| 1944 | 131 | 1,881 | 2,012 | #120 |
| 1943 | 148 | 1,835 | 1,983 | #122 |
| 1942 | 118 | 1,869 | 1,987 | #118 |
| 1941 | 111 | 1,756 | 1,867 | #115 |
| 1940 | 134 | 1,762 | 1,896 | #111 |
| 1939 | 136 | 1,748 | 1,884 | #112 |
| 1938 | 140 | 1,801 | 1,941 | #112 |
| 1937 | 161 | 1,757 | 1,918 | #110 |
| 1936 | 130 | 1,837 | 1,967 | #103 |
| 1935 | 128 | 1,926 | 2,054 | #100 |
| 1934 | 135 | 1,892 | 2,027 | #100 |
| 1933 | 161 | 1,978 | 2,139 | #95 |
| 1932 | 160 | 2,127 | 2,287 | #90 |
| 1931 | 161 | 1,975 | 2,136 | #94 |
| 1930 | 179 | 2,113 | 2,292 | #91 |
| 1929 | 185 | 2,185 | 2,370 | #87 |
| 1928 | 188 | 2,463 | 2,651 | #80 |
| 1927 | 201 | 2,512 | 2,713 | #80 |
| 1926 | 200 | 2,446 | 2,646 | #81 |
| 1925 | 182 | 2,578 | 2,760 | #78 |
| 1924 | 175 | 2,507 | 2,682 | #80 |
| 1923 | 183 | 2,471 | 2,654 | #79 |
| 1922 | 181 | 2,655 | 2,836 | #72 |
| 1921 | 139 | 2,574 | 2,713 | #76 |
| 1920 | 197 | 2,785 | 2,982 | #70 |
| 1919 | 199 | 2,891 | 3,090 | #66 |
| 1918 | 178 | 2,743 | 2,921 | #70 |
| 1917 | 151 | 2,536 | 2,687 | #67 |
| 1916 | 119 | 2,416 | 2,535 | #68 |
| 1915 | 126 | 2,193 | 2,319 | #75 |
| 1914 | 101 | 1,906 | 2,007 | #65 |
| 1913 | 76 | 1,618 | 1,694 | #62 |
| 1912 | 79 | 1,446 | 1,525 | #57 |
| 1911 | 44 | 978 | 1,022 | #45 |
| 1910 | 65 | 1,107 | 1,172 | #34 |
| 1909 | 39 | 833 | 872 | #36 |
| 1908 | 43 | 740 | 783 | #37 |
| 1907 | 43 | 793 | 836 | #35 |
| 1906 | 28 | 744 | 772 | #34 |
| 1905 | 39 | 801 | 840 | #34 |
| 1904 | 28 | 739 | 767 | #33 |
| 1903 | 37 | 739 | 776 | #32 |
| 1902 | 35 | 761 | 796 | #31 |
| 1901 | 28 | 654 | 682 | #31 |
| 1900 | 27 | 1,124 | 1,151 | #25 |
| 1899 | 33 | 678 | 711 | #31 |
| 1898 | 23 | 728 | 751 | #33 |
| 1897 | 23 | 714 | 737 | #30 |
| 1896 | 14 | 714 | 728 | #32 |
| 1895 | 17 | 767 | 784 | #27 |
| 1894 | 17 | 704 | 721 | #30 |
| 1893 | 10 | 691 | 701 | #30 |
| 1892 | 19 | 761 | 780 | #28 |
| 1891 | 16 | 707 | 723 | #23 |
| 1890 | 12 | 797 | 809 | #21 |
| 1889 | 11 | 685 | 696 | #29 |
| 1888 | 13 | 796 | 809 | #22 |
| 1887 | 11 | 642 | 653 | #24 |
| 1886 | 11 | 723 | 734 | #22 |
| 1885 | 9 | 705 | 714 | #23 |
| 1884 | 7 | 746 | 753 | #24 |
| 1883 | 10 | 643 | 653 | #22 |
| 1882 | 6 | 753 | 759 | #21 |
| 1881 | 5 | 668 | 673 | #21 |
| 1880 | — | 730 | 730 | #22 |