Charity — #2034 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Charity

The Social Security Administration has registered 35,419 babies named Charity between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charity currently holds the #2034 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 1,420 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Charity performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 9,718 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Charity shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,144 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Charity in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Charity 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 35,419 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.