Charisse — girls' name
5,296 babies named Charisse in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Charisse was born in this single decade.
209 babies were named Charisse in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Charisse
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,296 babies named Charisse between 1946 and 2021, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charisse currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 209 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Charisse performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,441 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Charisse shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 901 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Charisse in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Charisse 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 5,296 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.
Charisse at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Charisse popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1946
- Peak year (1971)
- 209
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
5,296 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 209 births in a single year.
Charisse by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 1,441 births that decade — 27% of Charisse's all-time total
Charisse decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,441 births
- Runner-up 1,264 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Charisse's strongest decade
1,441 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Charisse by state
Where Charisse concentrates geographically — total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 901 | 17.0% |
| #2 | California | | 653 | 12.3% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 335 | 6.3% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 266 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 210 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 161 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Texas | | 132 | 2.5% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 83 | 1.6% |
901 of 5,296 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 17.0% of nationwide
- California 12.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 6.3% of nationwide
- Michigan 5.0% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 20 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 17.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Charisse appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1946–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.