Girls' name · since 1956
Charee
Charee has 432 recorded births since 1956 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,900 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 432
- born since 1956
- 1980s
- peak decade
432 girls have been named Charee since 1956, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Charee recorded 432 times among girls since 1956, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2012.
- #12,900 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 432 born since 1956
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Charee ranks #12,900 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 432 born since 1956, peaking in the 1980s.
- #12,900 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 432
- born since 1956
- 1980s
- peak decade
Charee's 432 recorded births place it above 82.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Charee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Charee splits its recorded history at 1980: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2012 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1975 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Charee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2012
- Peak year (1975)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2012.
432 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 22 births in a single year.
Charee by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (165 births, 38% of the file).
1980s was Charee's strongest decade.
165 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Charee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 53
1960s
53 births
- 1970s
1970s
130 births
- 1980s
1980s
165 births
- 1990s
1990s
73 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 165 births (38% of all-time use).
Charee decade highlights
- Peak decade 165 births
- Runner-up 130 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Charee's data
- Charee's decade-level peak was the 1980s (165 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- 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 Charee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1956–2012 (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 Charee 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.
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