Girls' name · since 1976
Charish
Since 1976, U.S. Social Security records show 441 babies named Charish, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,752 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,573 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 441
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Charish is the #13573 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 441 recorded since 1976.
Charish has 441 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13573 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #12,752 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,573 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 441 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Charish ranks #12,752 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,573 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 441 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,752 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,573 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 441
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Charish's 441 recorded births place it above 82.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Charish compares
441 Top 47% higher than 53% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Charish's all-time total is 17% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Charish | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 441 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Charish's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Charish's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Charish popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Charish by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (155 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Charish's strongest decade.
155 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Charish births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 9
1970s
9 births
- 1980s
1980s
78 births
- 1990s
1990s
97 births
- 2000s
2000s
155 births
- 2010s
2010s
96 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 155 births (35% of all-time use).
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What to do with Charish's data
- Charish's decade-level peak was the 2000s (155 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Charish: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Charish 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.