Boys' name · since 2000
Charan
Charan has 127 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,845 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 127
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Charan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 127 have been recorded since 2000.
Charan has 127 recorded births among boys since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2024.
- #15,845 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 127 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Charan ranks #15,845 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 127 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,845 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 127
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Charan's 127 recorded births place it above 65.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Charan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Charan splits its recorded history at 2012: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Charan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2024
- Peak year (2012)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Charan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (63 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Charan's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Charan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
- 2010s
2010s
63 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 63 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Charan's decade-level peak was the 2010s (63 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Charan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2000–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Charan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.