Charline
Charline was given to 6 girls in 2025, #13,548 among girls’ names; 6,241 Americans have been recorded with it since 1894 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,800 Americans named Charline and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (45% of everyone recorded); the median is 64 years old and half are between 46 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Charline by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Charline mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Charline is “a female given name from French, equivalent to English Charlene.”
From French Charline.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Charline?
#13,548 among girls’ names, 2025
Charline fell from #8,556 in 2015 to #13,548 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 7.3 to 3.7 per million.
164 babies in 1928, the peak
Charline peaked in 1928, when 164 girls were given it, #543 among girls’ names. The 6 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,548 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,442 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,794 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,839 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,703 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,713 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,756 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 10 | #10,119 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 8 | #12,009 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,556 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (127)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | #14,963 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,689 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,224 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,402 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,352 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,671 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,602 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,916 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,562 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,428 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,465 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,818 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,635 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,276 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,540 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,954 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,617 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,669 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,111 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,697 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,029 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,851 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,716 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,219 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,725 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,259 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,714 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,113 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,211 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,872 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,533 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 30 | #2,863 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,027 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 40 | #2,415 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 35 | #2,660 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,258 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 30 | #2,750 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 29 | #2,787 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 34 | #2,394 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 29 | #2,623 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 42 | #2,002 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 46 | #1,834 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,835 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 37 | #2,181 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 47 | #1,860 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 62 | #1,502 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,730 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 47 | #1,662 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 45 | #1,672 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 49 | #1,598 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 42 | #1,803 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 55 | #1,511 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 48 | #1,629 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 67 | #1,362 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,931 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 46 | #1,598 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 56 | #1,417 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,551 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 56 | #1,398 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 64 | #1,262 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 81 | #1,093 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 91 | #1,009 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 74 | #1,097 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 80 | #1,037 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 77 | #1,041 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 62 | #1,155 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 91 | #909 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 103 | #861 | 0.06 |
| 1946 | 86 | #896 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 83 | #824 | 0.06 |
| 1944 | 119 | #685 | 0.09 |
| 1943 | 105 | #756 | 0.08 |
| 1942 | 98 | #762 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 95 | #724 | 0.08 |
| 1940 | 77 | #810 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 85 | #741 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 91 | #717 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 99 | #684 | 0.09 |
| 1936 | 92 | #695 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 109 | #623 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 103 | #660 | 0.10 |
| 1933 | 117 | #599 | 0.12 |
| 1932 | 106 | #650 | 0.10 |
| 1931 | 136 | #562 | 0.13 |
| 1930 | 137 | #583 | 0.12 |
| 1929 | 153 | #552 | 0.14 |
| 1928 | 164 | #543 | 0.14 |
| 1927 | 154 | #574 | 0.13 |
| 1926 | 114 | #683 | 0.10 |
| 1925 | 116 | #685 | 0.10 |
| 1924 | 127 | #660 | 0.10 |
| 1923 | 114 | #687 | 0.09 |
| 1922 | 125 | #654 | 0.10 |
| 1921 | 104 | #718 | 0.08 |
| 1920 | 105 | #707 | 0.09 |
| 1919 | 89 | #745 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 101 | #718 | 0.09 |
| 1917 | 97 | #699 | 0.09 |
| 1916 | 105 | #665 | 0.10 |
| 1915 | 56 | #876 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 43 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 37 | #869 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,150 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,316 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,121 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,161 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 16 | #1,015 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 20 | #846 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,435 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,564 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,381 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,222 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,237 | 0.03 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,722 | 0.02 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,590 | 0.02 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,625 | 0.02 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,520 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Charline a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Charline has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 127 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Charline: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Charline, and how old are they?
2,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 45% of the 6,241 Americans ever recorded as Charline. The median Charline alive today is 64 years old; half are between 46 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 3,122 people named Charline (3,115 women and girls, 7 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,304 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 531 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 956 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 600 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 401 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 199 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 99 |
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 Charline born?
The states with the most babies named Charline are Texas, Mississippi and Arkansas, with 41% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Mississippi and Arkansas are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 541 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Mississippi | 330 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| Arkansas | 325 | not ranked | 3.4× |
| California | 290 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Tennessee | 243 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Missouri | 147 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Oklahoma | 141 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Kentucky | 138 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 133 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| New York | 131 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Charline is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Charline is most over-represented in Arkansas: since 1910 it was given 3.4 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 girls’ 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 Charline 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 144,328 babies since 1880, Charline is the second most given (4.3% of them). In 2025 it was given to 6 of their 105 babies (5.7%), again the second 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 Charline
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 Charline and names like it
- Compare Charline and CharleneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sCharline peaked in 1928.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Charline since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Charline: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1928The year the most babies were named Charline.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Charline alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.