Charlestine — girls' name
128 babies named Charlestine in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Charlestine was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Charlestine in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Charlestine
The Social Security Administration has registered 128 babies named Charlestine between 1922 and 1969, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charlestine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1969. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Charlestine performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Charlestine shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Charlestine in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Charlestine 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 128 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.
Charlestine at a glance
Last recorded 1969Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Charlestine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1922
- Peak year (1957)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1969.
128 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 13 births in a single year.
Charlestine by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 49 births that decade — 38% of Charlestine's all-time total
Charlestine decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 41 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Charlestine's strongest decade
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Charlestine by state
Where Charlestine concentrates geographically — total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 12 | 9.4% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 5 | 3.9% |
12 of 128 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 9.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 9.4% 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, 1922–1969 (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.