Boys' name · since 1915
Charels
134 babies named Charels in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,496 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 134
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Charels is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 134 have been recorded since 1915.
Charels has 134 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1989.
- #15,496 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 134 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Charels ranks #15,496 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 134 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #15,496 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 134
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Charels's 134 recorded births place it above 65.82% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Charels's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Charels splits its recorded history at 1955: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1915 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1956 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Charels popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1989
- Peak year (1956)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Charels by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (31 births, 23% of the file).
1920s was Charels's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Charels births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
31 births
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
28 births
- 1960s
1960s
13 births
- 1970s
1970s
17 births
- 1980s
1980s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 31 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Charels's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (31 total births) through the 1980s (23) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Charels: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1956)
Similar record span (~74 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, 1915–1989 (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 Charels 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.