Meaning not yet researched.
Charley: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 356 in 2025. Its best rank was #489 in 2014.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #489 in 2014; #760 in 2025. About 80% of babies named Charley in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#760 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2014, at #489.
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Charley: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 356 girls in 2025. Peak: #489 in 2014 · most girls in one year: 641 (2014).
In 2025, 356 US girls were named Charley, making it the 760th most common girls’ name of the year, down 30 places from #730 in 2024. That is 30 fewer than the 386 girls named Charley in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #489, reached in 2014. That year also had the most girls given the name: 641. For comparison, it was #520 in 2015 and #3,707 in 1950.
In 2025, 87 US boys were named Charley, making it the 1,827th most common boys’ name of the year, up 8 places from #1,835 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 88 boys named Charley in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #59, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 485, in 1920. For comparison, it was #1,781 in 2015 and #506 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Charley in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 305 babies with the name. In all, 35,321 US babies have been given the name, 32% of them girls and 68% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 6,234 babies named Charley.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,868 US girls were named Charley; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 611. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,515 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Charley ranked highest in Idaho in 2025, at #318 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Charlie (224,639 babies since 1880), Charli (11,838 babies since 1880), Charleigh (9,455 babies since 1880) and Charly (3,833 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Kharley and Charleah are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Kharley (15), Charleah (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Charley in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 21 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 7 | #318 | — |
| Kansas | 9 | #366 | #339 |
| South Carolina | 13 | #382 | #432 |
| Kentucky | 9 | #456 | #294 |
| Colorado | 12 | #470 | #540 |
| Connecticut | 6 | #483 | — |
| Louisiana | 9 | #494 | #301 |
| Utah | 8 | #500 | #320 |
| Tennessee | 14 | #540 | #625 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | #575 | #424 |
| Arkansas | 5 | #581 | #327 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #630 | #334 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | #641 | #454 |
| Michigan | 12 | #648 | #463 |
| Missouri | 8 | #657 | #383 |
| Virginia | 11 | #670 | #630 |
| Maryland | 7 | #675 | #582 |
| Indiana | 8 | #743 | #402 |
| Georgia | 13 | #755 | #513 |
| Ohio | 11 | #817 | #481 |
| Florida | 19 | #831 | #508 |
| Alabama | 5 | #843 | #632 |
| North Carolina | 11 | #851 | #481 |
| Arizona | 6 | #940 | #719 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | #945 | #442 |
| New York | 15 | #992 | #690 |
| Texas | 28 | #1,009 | #567 |
| Illinois | 8 | #1,041 | #498 |
| California | 21 | #1,192 | #749 |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,211 | #802 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 356 | #760 | 87 | #1,827 |
| 2024 | 386 | #730 | 88 | #1,835 |
| 2023 | 388 | #725 | 96 | #1,729 |
| 2022 | 421 | #700 | 86 | #1,855 |
| 2021 | 480 | #618 | 84 | #1,842 |
| 2020 | 561 | #537 | 83 | #1,801 |
| 2019 | 552 | #551 | 86 | #1,791 |
| 2018 | 553 | #563 | 100 | #1,626 |
| 2017 | 611 | #514 | 96 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 560 | #558 | 79 | #1,878 |
| 2015 | 604 | #520 | 85 | #1,781 |
| 2014 | 641 | #489 | 78 | #1,875 |
| 2013 | 578 | #515 | 89 | #1,675 |
| 2012 | 484 | #597 | 75 | #1,911 |
| 2011 | 462 | #626 | 85 | #1,732 |
| 2010 | 324 | #828 | 92 | #1,678 |
| 2009 | 279 | #959 | 92 | #1,703 |
| 2008 | 263 | #1,006 | 77 | #1,878 |
| 2007 | 239 | #1,089 | 80 | #1,815 |
| 2006 | 226 | #1,108 | 66 | #2,015 |
| 2005 | 192 | #1,192 | 69 | #1,856 |
| 2004 | 168 | #1,274 | 74 | #1,720 |
| 2003 | 122 | #1,582 | 47 | #2,281 |
| 2002 | 93 | #1,901 | 45 | #2,299 |
| 2001 | 73 | #2,217 | 37 | #2,571 |
| 2000 | 73 | #2,177 | 44 | #2,226 |
| 1999 | 78 | #2,001 | 42 | #2,202 |
| 1998 | 90 | #1,752 | 39 | #2,282 |
| 1997 | 80 | #1,849 | 33 | #2,462 |
| 1996 | 69 | #2,021 | 49 | #1,844 |
| 1995 | 60 | #2,221 | 48 | #1,807 |
| 1994 | 60 | #2,215 | 43 | #1,932 |
| 1993 | 52 | #2,421 | 42 | #1,944 |
| 1992 | 59 | #2,245 | 38 | #2,052 |
| 1991 | 51 | #2,454 | 50 | #1,654 |
| 1990 | 56 | #2,261 | 56 | #1,519 |
| 1989 | 63 | #2,002 | 47 | #1,661 |
| 1988 | 62 | #1,954 | 51 | #1,485 |
| 1987 | 63 | #1,841 | 61 | #1,251 |
| 1986 | 54 | #2,004 | 63 | #1,204 |
| 1985 | 46 | #2,230 | 50 | #1,372 |
| 1984 | 26 | #3,243 | 64 | #1,135 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,972 | 55 | #1,241 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,375 | 72 | #1,073 |
| 1981 | 23 | #3,543 | 84 | #987 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,761 | 78 | #1,024 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,255 | 71 | #1,049 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,938 | 70 | #1,041 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,694 | 75 | #992 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,265 | 57 | #1,126 |
| 1975 | 9 | #6,043 | 65 | #1,020 |
| 1974 | — | — | 72 | #963 |
| 1973 | — | — | 66 | #994 |
| 1972 | — | — | 73 | #944 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,514 | 84 | #888 |
| 1970 | — | — | 94 | #833 |
| 1969 | — | — | 96 | #790 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,360 | 81 | #821 |
| 1967 | — | — | 76 | #822 |
| 1966 | — | — | 83 | #800 |
| 1965 | — | — | 93 | #766 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,899 | 101 | #760 |
| 1963 | — | — | 149 | #641 |
| 1962 | — | — | 110 | #730 |
| 1961 | — | — | 98 | #776 |
| 1960 | — | — | 134 | #677 |
| 1959 | — | — | 137 | #657 |
| 1958 | — | — | 130 | #669 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,253 | 125 | #682 |
| 1956 | — | — | 140 | #641 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,808 | 140 | #629 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,859 | 129 | #646 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,129 | 138 | #618 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,998 | 156 | #561 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,518 | 144 | #578 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,707 | 175 | #506 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,216 | 173 | #507 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,387 | 161 | #522 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,484 | 188 | #490 |
| 1946 | — | — | 159 | #510 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,432 | 156 | #480 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,645 | 200 | #432 |
| 1943 | 19 | #2,002 | 208 | #432 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,197 | 198 | #439 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,419 | 208 | #402 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,320 | 201 | #404 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,759 | 192 | #411 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,357 | 236 | #362 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,336 | 188 | #414 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,548 | 238 | #350 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,793 | 240 | #355 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,204 | 254 | #343 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,911 | 246 | #342 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,886 | 282 | #328 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,323 | 258 | #340 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,713 | 289 | #323 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,960 | 323 | #307 |
| 1928 | 17 | #2,106 | 321 | #315 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,446 | 365 | #303 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,727 | 398 | #288 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,854 | 350 | #303 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,328 | 430 | #276 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,950 | 421 | #277 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,418 | 435 | #273 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,302 | 456 | #263 |
| 1920 | 18 | #2,087 | 485 | #249 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,403 | 470 | #243 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,561 | 462 | #247 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,581 | 457 | #237 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,045 | 461 | #230 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,415 | 414 | #239 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,462 | 359 | #224 |
| 1913 | — | — | 278 | #225 |
| 1912 | — | — | 288 | #200 |
| 1911 | — | — | 160 | #193 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,797 | 181 | #167 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,264 | 147 | #166 |
| 1908 | — | — | 155 | #153 |
| 1907 | — | — | 164 | #142 |
| 1906 | — | — | 157 | #131 |
| 1905 | — | — | 168 | #130 |
| 1904 | — | — | 166 | #127 |
| 1903 | — | — | 126 | #148 |
| 1902 | — | — | 168 | #113 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,365 | 158 | #108 |
| 1900 | — | — | 224 | #103 |
| 1899 | — | — | 120 | #132 |
| 1898 | — | — | 170 | #110 |
| 1897 | — | — | 156 | #112 |
| 1896 | — | — | 168 | #111 |
| 1895 | — | — | 178 | #105 |
| 1894 | — | — | 186 | #99 |
| 1893 | — | — | 191 | #94 |
| 1892 | — | — | 210 | #92 |
| 1891 | — | — | 193 | #82 |
| 1890 | — | — | 183 | #93 |
| 1889 | — | — | 199 | #88 |
| 1888 | — | — | 254 | #77 |
| 1887 | — | — | 221 | #75 |
| 1886 | — | — | 214 | #81 |
| 1885 | — | — | 285 | #65 |
| 1884 | — | — | 290 | #63 |
| 1883 | — | — | 254 | #63 |
| 1882 | — | — | 262 | #67 |
| 1881 | — | — | 266 | #62 |
| 1880 | — | — | 305 | #59 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).