Girls' name · since 1968
Charell
Charell has 135 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,844 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Charell sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 135 recorded since 1968.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Charell has been recorded 135 times among girls since 1968, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2006.
- #23,844 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 135 born since 1968
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Charell ranks #23,844 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 135 born since 1968, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,844 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Charell's 135 recorded births place it above 66.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Charell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Charell splits its recorded history at 1989: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Charell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2006
- Peak year (1986)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Charell by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (76 births, 56% of the file).
1980s was Charell's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Charell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
76 births
- 1990s
1990s
49 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 76 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Charell's decade-level peak was the 1980s (76 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- 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 Charell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1968–2006 (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 Charell 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.