Girls' name · since 1880
Charity
35,518 babies named Charity in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #740 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,981 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 35,518
- born since 1880
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yes -- Charity is the #1981 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 35,518 recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Charity has been recorded 35,518 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #1981 nationally and more common than 89% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #740 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,981 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 35,518 born since 1880
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Charity ranks #740 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,981 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 35,518 born since 1880, peaking in the 1970s.
- #740 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,981 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 35,518
- born since 1880
- 1970s
- peak decade
Charity's 35,518 recorded births place it above 98.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Charity compares
35,518 Top 5% higher than 95% 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
Charity's all-time total is 94x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Charity | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 35,518 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,420 | 21 | 19,840 |
Charity's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Charity splits its recorded history at 1953: 91% of all births land in the more recent half, 9% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1885 (21 births) -- compare that against the 1975 peak of 1,420 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Charity popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1975)
- 1,420
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Charity popularity over time - boys
39 total births recorded since 1975 (Charity as boys' name)
Charity by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (9,718 births, 27% of the file).
1970s was Charity's strongest decade.
9,718 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Charity births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 323
1880s
323 births
- 1890s 400
1890s
400 births
- 1900s 416
1900s
416 births
- 1910s 658
1910s
658 births
- 1920s 573
1920s
573 births
- 1930s 385
1930s
385 births
- 1940s 456
1940s
456 births
- 1950s 519
1950s
519 births
- 1960s 1,036
1960s
1,036 births
- 1970s
1970s
9,718 births
- 1980s
1980s
8,212 births
- 1990s
1990s
4,980 births
- 2000s
2000s
4,752 births
- 2010s 2,383
2010s
2,383 births
- 2020s 707
2020s
707 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 9,718 births (27% of all-time use).
How Charity compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Charity's total volume
Charity by state
Where Charity concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,144 | 6.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,081 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 1,676 | 4.7% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 1,627 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 1,535 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Florida | | 1,482 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 1,334 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 1,188 | 3.3% |
2,144 of 35,518 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Charity appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Charity's data
- Charity's decade-level peak was the 1970s (9,718 total births); usage has since declined to 707 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Charitys (2,144 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Charity: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Charity 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.