Charl — unisex name

What the Data Says About Charl

The Social Security Administration has registered 66 babies named Charl between 1936 and 1970, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charl currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Charl is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 36 additional births since 1914.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Charl performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Charl shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Charl 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 66 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.