Charae — girls' name
204 babies named Charae in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
204 girls have been named Charae since 1970, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2016.
- 204
- total births
- 1970–2016
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
46% of everyone ever named Charae was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Charae in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Charae
The Social Security Administration has registered 204 babies named Charae between 1970 and 2016, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charae currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Charae performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Charae shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Charae in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Charae in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 204 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Charae at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Charae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1970
- Peak year (1993)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
204 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 18 births in a single year.
Charae by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 93 births that decade — 46% of Charae's all-time total
Charae decade highlights
- Peak decade 93 births
- Runner-up 68 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Charae's strongest decade
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Charae by state
Where Charae concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.5% |
5 of 204 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.