Girls' name · since 1972
Charidy
135 babies named Charidy in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,845 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Charidy sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 135 recorded since 1972.
Charidy has 135 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2011.
- #23,845 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 135 born since 1972
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Charidy ranks #23,845 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 135 born since 1972, peaking in the 1970s.
- #23,845 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Charidy'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.
Charidy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Charidy's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1972, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1978 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Charidy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2011
- Peak year (1978)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Charidy by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (67 births, 50% of the file).
1970s was Charidy's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Charidy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
67 births
- 1980s
1980s
31 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 26
2000s
26 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 67 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Charidy's decade-level peak was the 1970s (67 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 Charidy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1972–2011 (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 Charidy 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.