Charlese — girls' name
479 babies named Charlese in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Charlese was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Charlese in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Charlese
The Social Security Administration has registered 479 babies named Charlese between 1953 and 2018, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charlese currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Charlese performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 161 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Charlese shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Charlese 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 479 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.
Charlese at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Charlese popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1953
- Peak year (1990)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 66 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
479 total births across 66 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 20 births in a single year.
Charlese by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 161 births that decade — 34% of Charlese's all-time total
Charlese decade highlights
- Peak decade 161 births
- Runner-up 108 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Charlese's strongest decade
161 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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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, 1953–2018 (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.