Charlie
Charlie is a unisex name: 2,160 girls and 2,460 boys were given it in 2025 (#133 among girls’ names and #145 among boys’, #122 among all names counting both); 224,639 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Boys have outnumbered girls among babies named Charlie every year since 2025.
An estimated 116,000 Americans named Charlie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (52% of everyone recorded); the median is 17 years old and half are between 7 and 59.
Charlie is among the most evenly shared names of 2025: #6 of 43 unisex names by how close its split is to half and half.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Charlie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Charlie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Charlie is “a diminutive of the male given name Charles; also used as a formal given name.”
Also “a diminutive of the female given names Charlotte and Charlene, also used as a formal given name, although less common than the male name.”
/ˈtʃɑɹli/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Charlie?
#145 among boys’ names, 2025
Charlie rose from #231 in 2015 to #145 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.87 to 1.4 per 1,000.
4,620 babies in 2025, the peak
Charlie peaked in 2025, when 4,620 babies were given it (2,460 boys, #145 among boys’ names). In 2024 it went to 2,094 boys.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,160 | #133 | 2,460 | #145 |
| 2024 | 2,113 | #140 | 2,094 | #176 |
| 2023 | 2,245 | #125 | 2,104 | #174 |
| 2022 | 2,341 | #123 | 2,110 | #178 |
| 2021 | 2,223 | #127 | 2,009 | #188 |
| 2020 | 2,239 | #122 | 1,872 | #204 |
| 2019 | 2,087 | #132 | 1,832 | #211 |
| 2018 | 1,851 | #153 | 1,730 | #218 |
| 2017 | 1,913 | #155 | 1,793 | #213 |
| 2016 | 1,767 | #185 | 1,711 | #227 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,562 | #207 | 1,674 | #231 |
| 2014 | 1,439 | #230 | 1,696 | #225 |
| 2013 | 1,327 | #241 | 1,565 | #233 |
| 2012 | 1,045 | #306 | 1,537 | #233 |
| 2011 | 856 | #375 | 1,521 | #236 |
| 2010 | 672 | #459 | 1,431 | #245 |
| 2009 | 490 | #617 | 1,255 | #274 |
| 2008 | 406 | #736 | 1,090 | #306 |
| 2007 | 367 | #786 | 956 | #334 |
| 2006 | 355 | #777 | 931 | #337 |
| 2005 | 257 | #959 | 934 | #329 |
| 2004 | 223 | #1,038 | 812 | #350 |
| 2003 | 175 | #1,212 | 709 | #368 |
| 2002 | 170 | #1,198 | 599 | #416 |
| 2001 | 138 | #1,378 | 553 | #439 |
| 2000 | 129 | #1,425 | 528 | #450 |
| 1999 | 136 | #1,319 | 548 | #427 |
| 1998 | 132 | #1,329 | 495 | #453 |
| 1997 | 135 | #1,292 | 470 | #465 |
| 1996 | 137 | #1,268 | 459 | #477 |
| 1995 | 118 | #1,390 | 510 | #447 |
| 1994 | 111 | #1,432 | 448 | #477 |
| 1993 | 104 | #1,505 | 441 | #479 |
| 1992 | 92 | #1,642 | 487 | #451 |
| 1991 | 131 | #1,275 | 518 | #430 |
| 1990 | 120 | #1,330 | 537 | #422 |
| 1989 | 86 | #1,613 | 522 | #408 |
| 1988 | 121 | #1,231 | 502 | #397 |
| 1987 | 109 | #1,282 | 533 | #366 |
| 1986 | 108 | #1,254 | 536 | #354 |
| 1985 | 79 | #1,535 | 549 | #343 |
| 1984 | 74 | #1,538 | 541 | #345 |
| 1983 | 43 | #2,243 | 554 | #335 |
| 1982 | 57 | #1,879 | 517 | #353 |
| 1981 | 61 | #1,811 | 615 | #308 |
| 1980 | 71 | #1,624 | 596 | #322 |
| 1979 | 71 | #1,597 | 697 | #289 |
| 1978 | 62 | #1,690 | 659 | #289 |
| 1977 | 81 | #1,384 | 608 | #310 |
| 1976 | 59 | #1,662 | 566 | #310 |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,891 | 565 | #315 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,447 | 553 | #322 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,246 | 612 | #296 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,154 | 641 | #289 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,579 | 696 | #290 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,124 | 768 | #273 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,712 | 770 | #268 |
| 1968 | 25 | #2,493 | 740 | #267 |
| 1967 | 32 | #2,083 | 804 | #249 |
| 1966 | 31 | #2,098 | 836 | #250 |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,254 | 964 | #236 |
| 1964 | 33 | #2,075 | 1,070 | #229 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,757 | 1,163 | #221 |
| 1962 | 41 | #1,786 | 1,223 | #220 |
| 1961 | 44 | #1,719 | 1,224 | #225 |
| 1960 | 45 | #1,672 | 1,247 | #221 |
| 1959 | 51 | #1,518 | 1,415 | #204 |
| 1958 | 55 | #1,434 | 1,428 | #195 |
| 1957 | 72 | #1,238 | 1,453 | #193 |
| 1956 | 74 | #1,209 | 1,528 | #185 |
| 1955 | 71 | #1,186 | 1,437 | #184 |
| 1954 | 83 | #1,077 | 1,460 | #181 |
| 1953 | 80 | #1,077 | 1,534 | #174 |
| 1952 | 83 | #1,029 | 1,663 | #161 |
| 1951 | 102 | #901 | 1,686 | #153 |
| 1950 | 102 | #876 | 1,678 | #151 |
| 1949 | 115 | #813 | 1,833 | #146 |
| 1948 | 113 | #815 | 1,902 | #144 |
| 1947 | 117 | #808 | 1,914 | #145 |
| 1946 | 113 | #771 | 1,787 | #135 |
| 1945 | 111 | #708 | 1,725 | #128 |
| 1944 | 131 | #643 | 1,881 | #120 |
| 1943 | 148 | #622 | 1,835 | #122 |
| 1942 | 118 | #686 | 1,869 | #118 |
| 1941 | 111 | #670 | 1,756 | #115 |
| 1940 | 134 | #602 | 1,762 | #111 |
| 1939 | 136 | #575 | 1,748 | #112 |
| 1938 | 140 | #581 | 1,801 | #112 |
| 1937 | 161 | #519 | 1,757 | #110 |
| 1936 | 130 | #578 | 1,837 | #103 |
| 1935 | 128 | #565 | 1,926 | #100 |
| 1934 | 135 | #554 | 1,892 | #100 |
| 1933 | 161 | #504 | 1,978 | #95 |
| 1932 | 160 | #517 | 2,127 | #90 |
| 1931 | 161 | #514 | 1,975 | #94 |
| 1930 | 179 | #498 | 2,113 | #91 |
| 1929 | 185 | #495 | 2,185 | #87 |
| 1928 | 188 | #502 | 2,463 | #80 |
| 1927 | 201 | #493 | 2,512 | #80 |
| 1926 | 200 | #493 | 2,446 | #81 |
| 1925 | 182 | #529 | 2,578 | #78 |
| 1924 | 175 | #551 | 2,507 | #80 |
| 1923 | 183 | #520 | 2,471 | #79 |
| 1922 | 181 | #521 | 2,655 | #72 |
| 1921 | 139 | #626 | 2,574 | #76 |
| 1920 | 197 | #491 | 2,785 | #70 |
| 1919 | 199 | #473 | 2,891 | #66 |
| 1918 | 178 | #518 | 2,743 | #70 |
| 1917 | 151 | #546 | 2,536 | #67 |
| 1916 | 119 | #620 | 2,416 | #68 |
| 1915 | 126 | #576 | 2,193 | #75 |
| 1914 | 101 | #557 | 1,906 | #65 |
| 1913 | 76 | #587 | 1,618 | #62 |
| 1912 | 79 | #550 | 1,446 | #57 |
| 1911 | 44 | #652 | 978 | #45 |
| 1910 | 65 | #504 | 1,107 | #34 |
| 1909 | 39 | #625 | 833 | #36 |
| 1908 | 43 | #567 | 740 | #37 |
| 1907 | 43 | #555 | 793 | #35 |
| 1906 | 28 | #691 | 744 | #34 |
| 1905 | 39 | #557 | 801 | #34 |
| 1904 | 28 | #655 | 739 | #33 |
| 1903 | 37 | #531 | 739 | #32 |
| 1902 | 35 | #547 | 761 | #30 |
| 1901 | 28 | #591 | 654 | #31 |
| 1900 | 27 | #691 | 1,124 | #25 |
| 1899 | 33 | #516 | 678 | #31 |
| 1898 | 23 | #681 | 728 | #33 |
| 1897 | 23 | #646 | 714 | #30 |
| 1896 | 14 | #876 | 714 | #32 |
| 1895 | 17 | #775 | 767 | #27 |
| 1894 | 17 | #720 | 704 | #30 |
| 1893 | 10 | #965 | 691 | #30 |
| 1892 | 19 | #668 | 761 | #28 |
| 1891 | 16 | #672 | 707 | #23 |
| 1890 | 12 | #794 | 797 | #21 |
| 1889 | 11 | #807 | 685 | #29 |
| 1888 | 13 | #729 | 796 | #22 |
| 1887 | 11 | #696 | 642 | #24 |
| 1886 | 11 | #697 | 723 | #22 |
| 1885 | 9 | #753 | 705 | #23 |
| 1884 | 7 | #867 | 746 | #24 |
| 1883 | 10 | #617 | 643 | #22 |
| 1882 | 6 | #829 | 753 | #21 |
| 1881 | 5 | #847 | 668 | #20 |
| 1880 | under 5 | 730 | #21 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Charlie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 224,639 Americans recorded as Charlie, 18% are girls and 82% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Charlie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Charlie, and how old are they?
116,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 52% of the 224,639 Americans ever recorded as Charlie. The median Charlie alive today is 17 years old; half are between 7 and 59.
The 2020 Census counted 104,901 people named Charlie (21,545 women and girls, 83,356 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 100,732 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 7,080 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 19,500 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 10,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 9,360 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 19,800 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 49,600 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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).
Where are babies named Charlie born?
The states with the most babies named Charlie are California, Texas and Florida, with 23% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 420 | #171 | 0.7× |
| Texas | 402 | #202 | 1.2× |
| Florida | 234 | #159 | 1.2× |
| New York | 200 | #169 | 0.3× |
| North Carolina | 187 | #154 | 2.4× |
| Georgia | 173 | #136 | 3.6× |
| Ohio | 162 | #175 | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 159 | #108 | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 149 | #118 | 0.4× |
| Tennessee | 148 | #131 | 1.7× |
Where Charlie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Charlie is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 3.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Charlie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 261,021 babies since 1880, Charlie is the most given (86% of them). In 2025 it was given to 4,620 of their 5,063 babies (91%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Charlie
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 Charlie and names like it
- Compare Charlie and CharleyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sCharlie peaked in 2025.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Charlie since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Charlie.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Charlie alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with CMost given first.