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Charlton: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 15 in 2025. Its best rank was #821 in 1890.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #821 in 1890; #5,902 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Charlton in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#5,902 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1890, at #821.
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Charlton: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 15 boys in 2025. Peak: #821 in 1890 · most boys in one year: 82 (1971).
In 2025, 15 US boys were named Charlton, making it the 5,902nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 3,239 places from #9,141 in 2024. That is 7 more than the 8 boys named Charlton in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #821, reached in 1890. The most boys given the name in a single year was 82, in 1971. For comparison, it was #4,916 in 2015 and #1,950 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Charlton in 123 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1888 with 5 babies. In all, 3,535 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1970s, with 561 babies named Charlton.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 138 US boys were named Charlton; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 21. In 2025 that was about 1 in 113,872 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 15 | #5,902 |
| 2024 | — | — | 8 | #9,141 |
| 2023 | — | — | 9 | #8,376 |
| 2022 | — | — | 13 | #6,552 |
| 2021 | — | — | 14 | #6,084 |
| 2020 | — | — | 17 | #5,287 |
| 2019 | — | — | 13 | #6,479 |
| 2018 | — | — | 14 | #6,088 |
| 2017 | — | — | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2016 | — | — | 14 | #6,098 |
| 2015 | — | — | 19 | #4,916 |
| 2014 | — | — | 25 | #4,032 |
| 2013 | — | — | 14 | #5,979 |
| 2012 | — | — | 20 | #4,718 |
| 2011 | — | — | 26 | #3,905 |
| 2010 | — | — | 21 | #4,547 |
| 2009 | — | — | 32 | #3,413 |
| 2008 | — | — | 37 | #3,114 |
| 2007 | — | — | 20 | #4,668 |
| 2006 | — | — | 32 | #3,318 |
| 2005 | — | — | 43 | #2,574 |
| 2004 | — | — | 23 | #3,886 |
| 2003 | — | — | 37 | #2,679 |
| 2002 | — | — | 25 | #3,466 |
| 2001 | — | — | 39 | #2,496 |
| 2000 | — | — | 39 | #2,435 |
| 1999 | — | — | 35 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,573 | 29 | #2,797 |
| 1997 | — | — | 31 | #2,554 |
| 1996 | — | — | 20 | #3,417 |
| 1995 | — | — | 50 | #1,760 |
| 1994 | — | — | 41 | #2,016 |
| 1993 | — | — | 47 | #1,795 |
| 1992 | — | — | 47 | #1,782 |
| 1991 | — | — | 43 | #1,831 |
| 1990 | — | — | 48 | #1,686 |
| 1989 | — | — | 57 | #1,456 |
| 1988 | — | — | 55 | #1,408 |
| 1987 | — | — | 53 | #1,384 |
| 1986 | — | — | 60 | #1,245 |
| 1985 | — | — | 50 | #1,373 |
| 1984 | — | — | 51 | #1,298 |
| 1983 | — | — | 45 | #1,403 |
| 1982 | — | — | 45 | #1,420 |
| 1981 | — | — | 46 | #1,397 |
| 1980 | — | — | 53 | #1,273 |
| 1979 | — | — | 49 | #1,323 |
| 1978 | — | — | 39 | #1,487 |
| 1977 | — | — | 58 | #1,146 |
| 1976 | — | — | 44 | #1,333 |
| 1975 | — | — | 76 | #940 |
| 1974 | — | — | 59 | #1,073 |
| 1973 | — | — | 46 | #1,223 |
| 1972 | — | — | 49 | #1,165 |
| 1971 | — | — | 82 | #902 |
| 1970 | — | — | 59 | #1,065 |
| 1969 | — | — | 40 | #1,254 |
| 1968 | — | — | 35 | #1,289 |
| 1967 | — | — | 49 | #1,043 |
| 1966 | — | — | 43 | #1,135 |
| 1965 | — | — | 42 | #1,168 |
| 1964 | — | — | 60 | #980 |
| 1963 | — | — | 52 | #1,054 |
| 1962 | — | — | 51 | #1,073 |
| 1961 | — | — | 52 | #1,081 |
| 1960 | — | — | 45 | #1,167 |
| 1959 | — | — | 60 | #994 |
| 1958 | — | — | 52 | #1,063 |
| 1957 | — | — | 44 | #1,169 |
| 1956 | — | — | 46 | #1,122 |
| 1955 | — | — | 46 | #1,102 |
| 1954 | — | — | 45 | #1,114 |
| 1953 | — | — | 32 | #1,335 |
| 1952 | — | — | 16 | #1,950 |
| 1951 | — | — | 9 | #2,692 |
| 1950 | — | — | 15 | #1,950 |
| 1949 | — | — | 13 | #2,137 |
| 1948 | — | — | 17 | #1,829 |
| 1947 | — | — | 18 | #1,795 |
| 1946 | — | — | 13 | #2,047 |
| 1945 | — | — | 12 | #2,022 |
| 1944 | — | — | 9 | #2,495 |
| 1943 | — | — | 15 | #1,926 |
| 1942 | — | — | 11 | #2,285 |
| 1941 | — | — | 17 | #1,698 |
| 1940 | — | — | 12 | #2,097 |
| 1939 | — | — | 23 | #1,400 |
| 1938 | — | — | 10 | #2,354 |
| 1937 | — | — | 17 | #1,704 |
| 1936 | — | — | 6 | #3,207 |
| 1935 | — | — | 11 | #2,272 |
| 1934 | — | — | 12 | #2,152 |
| 1933 | — | — | 17 | #1,718 |
| 1932 | — | — | 13 | #2,115 |
| 1931 | — | — | 21 | #1,551 |
| 1930 | — | — | 7 | #3,336 |
| 1929 | — | — | 10 | #2,628 |
| 1928 | — | — | 18 | #1,841 |
| 1927 | — | — | 13 | #2,315 |
| 1926 | — | — | 14 | #2,215 |
| 1925 | — | — | 16 | #2,020 |
| 1924 | — | — | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1923 | — | — | 21 | #1,704 |
| 1922 | — | — | 22 | #1,657 |
| 1921 | — | — | 19 | #1,840 |
| 1920 | — | — | 16 | #2,063 |
| 1919 | — | — | 22 | #1,581 |
| 1918 | — | — | 20 | #1,722 |
| 1917 | — | — | 21 | #1,598 |
| 1916 | — | — | 24 | #1,421 |
| 1915 | — | — | 21 | #1,513 |
| 1914 | — | — | 5 | #3,339 |
| 1913 | — | — | 14 | #1,456 |
| 1912 | — | — | 12 | #1,433 |
| 1911 | — | — | 6 | #1,566 |
| 1909 | — | — | 6 | #1,300 |
| 1906 | — | — | 6 | #1,139 |
| 1905 | — | — | 6 | #1,120 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,238 |
| 1895 | — | — | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1892 | — | — | 5 | #1,095 |
| 1890 | — | — | 7 | #821 |
| 1888 | — | — | 5 | #1,062 |
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).