Charday — girls' name
215 babies named Charday in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
215 girls have been named Charday since 1985, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2001.
- 215
- total births
- 1985–2001
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
53% of everyone ever named Charday was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Charday in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Charday
The Social Security Administration has registered 215 babies named Charday between 1985 and 2001, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charday currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Charday performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 114 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Charday shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Charday in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Charday 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 215 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.
Charday at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Charday popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1985
- Peak year (1986)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
215 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 32 births in a single year.
Charday by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 114 births that decade — 53% of Charday's all-time total
Charday decade highlights
- Peak decade 114 births
- Runner-up 94 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Charday's strongest decade
114 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Charday by state
Where Charday concentrates geographically — total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 18 | 8.4% |
18 of 215 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 8.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.4% 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, 1985–2001 (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.