Charlesetta
Charlesetta was last recorded in 1997, when 5 babies were given it; 1,303 Americans have been recorded with it between 1914 and 1997 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Charlesetta by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Charlesetta mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Charlesetta is “a female given name of African-American usage.”
Charles + -etta
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Charlesetta?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #14,148, in 1997; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
43 babies in 1952, the peak
Charlesetta peaked in 1952, when 43 girls were given it, #1,471 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5 | #14,148 | 2.9 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,060 | 3.3 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,185 | 5.4 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,478 | 4.3 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,400 | 3.7 |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,080 | 3.3 |
| 1988 | 5 | #12,127 | 2.8 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,928 | 4.0 |
| 1986 | 5 | #11,202 | 2.9 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,541 | 5.8 |
Every recorded year (77)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 10 | #6,291 | 6.0 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,431 | 5.9 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,255 | 4.2 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,267 | 3.6 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,261 | 6.2 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,974 | 8.5 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,974 | 5.2 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,708 | 5.5 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,897 | 8.2 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,403 | 6.8 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,999 | 10.3 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,118 | 9.2 |
| 1971 | 23 | #2,970 | 13.8 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,606 | 9.7 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,337 | 10.1 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,631 | 8.5 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,100 | 10.3 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,161 | 9.5 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,982 | 6.2 |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,607 | 12.1 |
| 1963 | 23 | #2,553 | 11.9 |
| 1962 | 32 | #2,078 | 16.3 |
| 1961 | 27 | #2,303 | 13.4 |
| 1960 | 33 | #1,983 | 16.3 |
| 1959 | 43 | #1,674 | 21.3 |
| 1958 | 24 | #2,330 | 11.9 |
| 1957 | 28 | #2,071 | 13.7 |
| 1956 | 27 | #2,109 | 13.4 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,643 | 19.9 |
| 1954 | 26 | #2,079 | 13.4 |
| 1953 | 36 | #1,652 | 19.1 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,471 | 23.2 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,889 | 15.0 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,916 | 14.6 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,890 | 15.2 |
| 1948 | 34 | #1,604 | 20.0 |
| 1947 | 35 | #1,610 | 19.7 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,730 | 17.2 |
| 1945 | 39 | #1,280 | 29.8 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,579 | 20.3 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,842 | 15.8 |
| 1942 | 27 | #1,594 | 20.0 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,617 | 19.9 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,641 | 20.1 |
| 1939 | 15 | #2,136 | 13.7 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,709 | 19.0 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,643 | 20.7 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,052 | 14.4 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,935 | 16.2 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,712 | 19.2 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,287 | 12.9 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,317 | 7.5 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,658 | 4.4 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,603 | 10.7 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,978 | 8.7 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,923 | 5.9 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,941 | 5.9 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,723 | 6.6 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,999 | 8.8 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,407 | 7.5 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,414 | 7.5 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,086 | 5.7 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,378 | 7.5 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,539 | 11.5 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,558 | 6.9 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,526 | 4.8 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,708 | 6.6 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Charlesetta a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Charlesetta has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 77 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Charlesetta: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Charlesetta, and how old are they?
An estimated 854 Americans named Charlesetta and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (66% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 56 and 76. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 888 people named Charlesetta (888 women and girls, 0 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 961 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Charlesetta
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Charlesetta and names like it
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- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Charlesetta since 1910.
- The top names of 1952The year the most babies were named Charlesetta.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Charlesetta alive today were born 1946-1964.
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