Charlea — #15661 US girls' name
488 babies named Charlea in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Charlea was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Charlea in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Charlea
The Social Security Administration has registered 488 babies named Charlea between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charlea currently holds the #15661 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Charlea performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 196 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Charlea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Charlea in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Charlea 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 488 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.
Charlea at a glance
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Current rank
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Charlea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (2018)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #15661 among girls.
488 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 24 births in a single year.
Charlea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 196 births that decade — 40% of Charlea's all-time total
Charlea decade highlights
- Peak decade 196 births
- Runner-up 104 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Charlea's strongest decade
196 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Charlea by state
Where Charlea concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
Top 5 states
- Missouri 1.4% of nationwide
- Texas 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Missouri accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1970–2024 (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.