Meaning not yet researched.
Charlie: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,460 in 2025. Its best rank was #20 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #20 in 1881; #145 in 2025. About 53% of babies named Charlie in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#145 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #20.
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Charlie: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,460 boys in 2025. Peak: #20 in 1881 · most boys in one year: 2,891 (1919).
In 2025, 2,460 US boys were named Charlie, making it the 145th most common boys’ name of the year, up 31 places from #176 in 2024. That is 366 more than the 2,094 boys named Charlie in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #20, reached in 1881. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,891, in 1919. For comparison, it was #231 in 2015 and #151 in 1950.
In 2025, 2,160 US girls were named Charlie, making it the 133rd most common girls’ name of the year, up 7 places from #140 in 2024. That is 47 more than the 2,113 girls named Charlie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #122, reached in 2020. The most girls given the name in a single year was 2,341, in 2022. For comparison, it was #207 in 2015 and #877 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Charlie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 730 babies with the name. In all, 224,639 US babies have been given the name, 18% of them girls and 82% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 31,009 babies named Charlie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 19,715 US boys were named Charlie; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 2,460. In 2025 that was about 1 in 694 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Charlie ranked highest in Vermont in 2025, at #58 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 9 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Charles (2,447,135 babies since 1880), Charley (35,321 babies since 1880), Charli (11,838 babies since 1880) and Charly (3,833 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Charlea, Charlye and Charlei are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Charles and Chuck.
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: Charlea (494), Charlye (365), Charlei (232), Charliee (196), Charlii (135), Kharlie (128), Charliegh (96), Kharli (79), Kharlee (51), Charlia (28), Charlyee (11).
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.
Charlie is listed as a nickname for Charles.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 8 | #58 | #71 |
| Minnesota | 87 | #64 | #120 |
| Wyoming | 6 | #73 | — |
| Utah | 63 | #74 | #184 |
| South Dakota | 15 | #79 | #111 |
| Massachusetts | 86 | #83 | #177 |
| Alaska | 9 | #87 | #175 |
| Maine | 14 | #93 | #161 |
| Wisconsin | 63 | #93 | #124 |
| Michigan | 88 | #108 | #190 |
| Iowa | 35 | #109 | #140 |
| Kentucky | 50 | #111 | #297 |
| Rhode Island | 10 | #113 | — |
| Nebraska | 22 | #118 | #147 |
| Illinois | 100 | #118 | #248 |
| Oregon | 33 | #119 | #211 |
| Alabama | 44 | #120 | #145 |
| Mississippi | 25 | #127 | #203 |
| Connecticut | 29 | #128 | #172 |
| Idaho | 20 | #129 | #269 |
| Missouri | 55 | #130 | #218 |
| Tennessee | 74 | #131 | #146 |
| Montana | 10 | #132 | #250 |
| South Carolina | 41 | #136 | #226 |
| Georgia | 88 | #136 | #230 |
| Washington | 58 | #139 | #214 |
| New Hampshire | 10 | #148 | #131 |
| North Carolina | 84 | #154 | #276 |
| North Dakota | 8 | #155 | #102 |
| Arizona | 57 | #155 | #278 |
| Indiana | 53 | #155 | #239 |
| Louisiana | 32 | #158 | #278 |
| Florida | 135 | #159 | #305 |
| Colorado | 44 | #162 | #191 |
| Virginia | 54 | #168 | #261 |
| New York | 113 | #169 | #239 |
| California | 229 | #171 | #263 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | #172 | #104 |
| Delaware | 6 | #174 | — |
| Oklahoma | 28 | #175 | #267 |
| Ohio | 76 | #175 | #268 |
| Kansas | 22 | #178 | #187 |
| West Virginia | 10 | #186 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 64 | #197 | #284 |
| Texas | 194 | #202 | #296 |
| New Mexico | 9 | #218 | #358 |
| Arkansas | 16 | #223 | #256 |
| Hawaii | 5 | #223 | — |
| New Jersey | 39 | #244 | #304 |
| Maryland | 23 | #245 | #238 |
| Nevada | 11 | #275 | #280 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,160 | #133 | 2,460 | #145 |
| 2024 | 2,113 | #140 | 2,094 | #176 |
| 2023 | 2,245 | #125 | 2,104 | #174 |
| 2022 | 2,341 | #123 | 2,110 | #178 |
| 2021 | 2,223 | #127 | 2,009 | #188 |
| 2020 | 2,239 | #122 | 1,872 | #204 |
| 2019 | 2,087 | #132 | 1,832 | #211 |
| 2018 | 1,851 | #153 | 1,730 | #218 |
| 2017 | 1,913 | #155 | 1,793 | #213 |
| 2016 | 1,767 | #185 | 1,711 | #227 |
| 2015 | 1,562 | #207 | 1,674 | #231 |
| 2014 | 1,439 | #230 | 1,696 | #225 |
| 2013 | 1,327 | #241 | 1,565 | #233 |
| 2012 | 1,045 | #306 | 1,537 | #233 |
| 2011 | 856 | #375 | 1,521 | #236 |
| 2010 | 672 | #459 | 1,431 | #245 |
| 2009 | 490 | #617 | 1,255 | #274 |
| 2008 | 406 | #736 | 1,090 | #306 |
| 2007 | 367 | #786 | 956 | #334 |
| 2006 | 355 | #777 | 931 | #337 |
| 2005 | 257 | #959 | 934 | #329 |
| 2004 | 223 | #1,038 | 812 | #350 |
| 2003 | 175 | #1,213 | 709 | #368 |
| 2002 | 170 | #1,199 | 599 | #416 |
| 2001 | 138 | #1,379 | 553 | #439 |
| 2000 | 129 | #1,427 | 528 | #450 |
| 1999 | 136 | #1,321 | 548 | #427 |
| 1998 | 132 | #1,331 | 495 | #453 |
| 1997 | 135 | #1,294 | 470 | #465 |
| 1996 | 137 | #1,270 | 459 | #477 |
| 1995 | 118 | #1,393 | 510 | #447 |
| 1994 | 111 | #1,435 | 448 | #477 |
| 1993 | 104 | #1,507 | 441 | #479 |
| 1992 | 92 | #1,646 | 487 | #451 |
| 1991 | 131 | #1,279 | 518 | #430 |
| 1990 | 120 | #1,334 | 537 | #423 |
| 1989 | 86 | #1,617 | 522 | #408 |
| 1988 | 121 | #1,232 | 502 | #397 |
| 1987 | 109 | #1,283 | 533 | #366 |
| 1986 | 108 | #1,254 | 536 | #354 |
| 1985 | 79 | #1,536 | 549 | #343 |
| 1984 | 74 | #1,538 | 541 | #345 |
| 1983 | 43 | #2,244 | 554 | #335 |
| 1982 | 57 | #1,879 | 517 | #353 |
| 1981 | 61 | #1,811 | 615 | #308 |
| 1980 | 71 | #1,624 | 596 | #322 |
| 1979 | 71 | #1,597 | 697 | #289 |
| 1978 | 62 | #1,690 | 659 | #289 |
| 1977 | 81 | #1,384 | 608 | #310 |
| 1976 | 59 | #1,662 | 566 | #310 |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,891 | 565 | #315 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,447 | 553 | #322 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,247 | 612 | #296 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,155 | 641 | #289 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,581 | 696 | #290 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,124 | 768 | #273 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,712 | 770 | #268 |
| 1968 | 25 | #2,493 | 740 | #267 |
| 1967 | 32 | #2,083 | 804 | #249 |
| 1966 | 31 | #2,099 | 836 | #250 |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,255 | 964 | #236 |
| 1964 | 33 | #2,076 | 1,070 | #229 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,758 | 1,163 | #221 |
| 1962 | 41 | #1,787 | 1,223 | #220 |
| 1961 | 44 | #1,720 | 1,224 | #225 |
| 1960 | 45 | #1,673 | 1,247 | #221 |
| 1959 | 51 | #1,519 | 1,415 | #204 |
| 1958 | 55 | #1,435 | 1,428 | #195 |
| 1957 | 72 | #1,239 | 1,453 | #193 |
| 1956 | 74 | #1,210 | 1,528 | #185 |
| 1955 | 71 | #1,187 | 1,437 | #184 |
| 1954 | 83 | #1,078 | 1,460 | #181 |
| 1953 | 80 | #1,078 | 1,534 | #174 |
| 1952 | 83 | #1,030 | 1,663 | #161 |
| 1951 | 102 | #902 | 1,686 | #153 |
| 1950 | 102 | #877 | 1,678 | #151 |
| 1949 | 115 | #814 | 1,833 | #146 |
| 1948 | 113 | #816 | 1,902 | #144 |
| 1947 | 117 | #809 | 1,914 | #145 |
| 1946 | 113 | #771 | 1,787 | #135 |
| 1945 | 111 | #708 | 1,725 | #128 |
| 1944 | 131 | #643 | 1,881 | #120 |
| 1943 | 148 | #622 | 1,835 | #122 |
| 1942 | 118 | #686 | 1,869 | #118 |
| 1941 | 111 | #670 | 1,756 | #115 |
| 1940 | 134 | #602 | 1,762 | #111 |
| 1939 | 136 | #575 | 1,748 | #112 |
| 1938 | 140 | #581 | 1,801 | #112 |
| 1937 | 161 | #519 | 1,757 | #110 |
| 1936 | 130 | #578 | 1,837 | #103 |
| 1935 | 128 | #565 | 1,926 | #100 |
| 1934 | 135 | #554 | 1,892 | #100 |
| 1933 | 161 | #504 | 1,978 | #95 |
| 1932 | 160 | #517 | 2,127 | #90 |
| 1931 | 161 | #514 | 1,975 | #94 |
| 1930 | 179 | #498 | 2,113 | #91 |
| 1929 | 185 | #495 | 2,185 | #87 |
| 1928 | 188 | #502 | 2,463 | #80 |
| 1927 | 201 | #493 | 2,512 | #80 |
| 1926 | 200 | #493 | 2,446 | #81 |
| 1925 | 182 | #529 | 2,578 | #78 |
| 1924 | 175 | #551 | 2,507 | #80 |
| 1923 | 183 | #520 | 2,471 | #79 |
| 1922 | 181 | #521 | 2,655 | #72 |
| 1921 | 139 | #626 | 2,574 | #76 |
| 1920 | 197 | #491 | 2,785 | #70 |
| 1919 | 199 | #473 | 2,891 | #66 |
| 1918 | 178 | #518 | 2,743 | #70 |
| 1917 | 151 | #546 | 2,536 | #67 |
| 1916 | 119 | #620 | 2,416 | #68 |
| 1915 | 126 | #576 | 2,193 | #75 |
| 1914 | 101 | #557 | 1,906 | #65 |
| 1913 | 76 | #587 | 1,618 | #62 |
| 1912 | 79 | #550 | 1,446 | #57 |
| 1911 | 44 | #652 | 978 | #45 |
| 1910 | 65 | #504 | 1,107 | #34 |
| 1909 | 39 | #625 | 833 | #36 |
| 1908 | 43 | #567 | 740 | #37 |
| 1907 | 43 | #555 | 793 | #35 |
| 1906 | 28 | #691 | 744 | #34 |
| 1905 | 39 | #557 | 801 | #34 |
| 1904 | 28 | #655 | 739 | #33 |
| 1903 | 37 | #531 | 739 | #32 |
| 1902 | 35 | #547 | 761 | #30 |
| 1901 | 28 | #591 | 654 | #31 |
| 1900 | 27 | #691 | 1,124 | #25 |
| 1899 | 33 | #516 | 678 | #31 |
| 1898 | 23 | #681 | 728 | #33 |
| 1897 | 23 | #646 | 714 | #30 |
| 1896 | 14 | #876 | 714 | #32 |
| 1895 | 17 | #775 | 767 | #27 |
| 1894 | 17 | #720 | 704 | #30 |
| 1893 | 10 | #965 | 691 | #30 |
| 1892 | 19 | #668 | 761 | #28 |
| 1891 | 16 | #672 | 707 | #23 |
| 1890 | 12 | #794 | 797 | #21 |
| 1889 | 11 | #807 | 685 | #29 |
| 1888 | 13 | #729 | 796 | #22 |
| 1887 | 11 | #696 | 642 | #24 |
| 1886 | 11 | #697 | 723 | #22 |
| 1885 | 9 | #753 | 705 | #23 |
| 1884 | 7 | #867 | 746 | #24 |
| 1883 | 10 | #617 | 643 | #22 |
| 1882 | 6 | #829 | 753 | #21 |
| 1881 | 5 | #847 | 668 | #20 |
| 1880 | — | — | 730 | #21 |
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).