Chari — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chari

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,202 babies named Chari between 1941 and 2020, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chari currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chari performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 315 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Chari shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 81 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Chari in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chari 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 1,202 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.