Charlton
Charlton was given to 15 boys in 2025, #5,899 among boys’ names; 3,535 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,660 Americans named Charlton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (75% of everyone recorded); the median is 44 years old and half are between 29 and 58.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Charlton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Charlton?
#5,899 among boys’ names, 2025
Charlton fell from #4,914 in 2015 to #5,899 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 9.9 to 8.8 per million.
82 babies in 1971, the peak
Charlton peaked in 1971, when 82 boys were given it, #902 among boys’ names. The 15 births of 2025 are 18% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,899 | 8.8 |
| 2024 | 8 | #9,136 | 4.6 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,371 | 5.3 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,547 | 7.4 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,079 | 8.0 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,283 | 9.8 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,474 | 7.2 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,084 | 7.7 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,619 | 11.3 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,093 | 7.4 |
Every recorded year (123)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 19 | #4,914 | 9.9 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,029 | 13.0 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,974 | 7.4 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,713 | 10.5 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,903 | 13.7 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,545 | 10.9 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,411 | 16.1 |
| 2008 | 37 | #3,112 | 18.1 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,666 | 9.6 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,316 | 15.6 |
| 2005 | 43 | #2,570 | 21.5 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,881 | 11.6 |
| 2003 | 37 | #2,675 | 18.7 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,461 | 12.9 |
| 2001 | 39 | #2,491 | 20.1 |
| 2000 | 39 | #2,431 | 19.9 |
| 1999 | 35 | #2,509 | 18.2 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,794 | 15.2 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,550 | 16.4 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,411 | 10.6 |
| 1995 | 50 | #1,755 | 26.3 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,011 | 21.2 |
| 1993 | 47 | #1,790 | 24.0 |
| 1992 | 47 | #1,777 | 23.5 |
| 1991 | 43 | #1,825 | 21.3 |
| 1990 | 48 | #1,681 | 23.4 |
| 1989 | 57 | #1,451 | 28.5 |
| 1988 | 55 | #1,403 | 28.7 |
| 1987 | 53 | #1,382 | 28.4 |
| 1986 | 60 | #1,244 | 32.6 |
| 1985 | 50 | #1,372 | 27.1 |
| 1984 | 51 | #1,297 | 28.3 |
| 1983 | 45 | #1,402 | 25.1 |
| 1982 | 45 | #1,419 | 24.8 |
| 1981 | 46 | #1,397 | 25.7 |
| 1980 | 53 | #1,273 | 29.7 |
| 1979 | 49 | #1,323 | 28.5 |
| 1978 | 39 | #1,487 | 23.8 |
| 1977 | 58 | #1,146 | 35.3 |
| 1976 | 44 | #1,333 | 28.0 |
| 1975 | 76 | #940 | 48.7 |
| 1974 | 59 | #1,073 | 37.5 |
| 1973 | 46 | #1,223 | 29.5 |
| 1972 | 49 | #1,165 | 30.2 |
| 1971 | 82 | #902 | 46.4 |
| 1970 | 59 | #1,065 | 31.8 |
| 1969 | 40 | #1,254 | 22.4 |
| 1968 | 35 | #1,289 | 20.1 |
| 1967 | 49 | #1,043 | 28.1 |
| 1966 | 43 | #1,135 | 24.1 |
| 1965 | 42 | #1,168 | 22.6 |
| 1964 | 60 | #980 | 30.1 |
| 1963 | 52 | #1,053 | 25.6 |
| 1962 | 51 | #1,072 | 24.7 |
| 1961 | 52 | #1,080 | 24.5 |
| 1960 | 45 | #1,166 | 21.1 |
| 1959 | 60 | #993 | 28.1 |
| 1958 | 52 | #1,062 | 24.5 |
| 1957 | 44 | #1,168 | 20.4 |
| 1956 | 46 | #1,121 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 46 | #1,101 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 45 | #1,113 | 22.1 |
| 1953 | 32 | #1,334 | 16.2 |
| 1952 | 16 | #1,949 | 8.2 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,691 | 4.8 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,949 | 8.4 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,136 | 7.3 |
| 1948 | 17 | #1,828 | 9.7 |
| 1947 | 18 | #1,794 | 9.8 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,046 | 8.0 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,021 | 8.9 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,494 | 6.6 |
| 1943 | 15 | #1,925 | 10.5 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,284 | 8.0 |
| 1941 | 17 | #1,698 | 13.8 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,097 | 10.4 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,400 | 20.8 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,354 | 9.0 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,704 | 15.9 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,206 | 5.8 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,272 | 10.6 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,152 | 11.6 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,718 | 17.1 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,115 | 12.5 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,551 | 20.2 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,334 | 6.4 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,627 | 9.3 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,841 | 16.3 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,315 | 11.5 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,215 | 12.6 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,019 | 14.3 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,539 | 22.1 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,703 | 19.2 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,657 | 20.2 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,839 | 17.3 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,062 | 15.0 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,580 | 22.4 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,721 | 19.7 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,597 | 22.7 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,421 | 27.0 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,512 | 24.7 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,338 | 7.6 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,455 | 27.3 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,432 | 27.9 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,565 | 26.6 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,300 | 36.6 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,138 | 45.1 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,119 | 45.3 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,237 | 39.0 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,000 | 51.1 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,094 | 41.0 |
| 1890 | 7 | #821 | 63.0 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,061 | 41.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Charlton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Charlton has been given almost only to boys: 5 girls in 123 years of records.
Girls and boys named Charlton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Charlton, and how old are they?
2,660 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 75% of the 3,535 Americans ever recorded as Charlton. The median Charlton alive today is 44 years old; half are between 29 and 58.
The 2020 Census counted 2,610 people named Charlton (73 women and girls, 2,537 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,720 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 46 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 482 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 728 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 719 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 486 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 195 |
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 Charlton born?
The states with the most babies named Charlton are South Carolina, Texas and Georgia, with 59% of its births recorded by state since 1910; South Carolina is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 158 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| Texas | 118 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Georgia | 108 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| California | 87 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Florida | 59 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| New York | 32 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| North Carolina | 30 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Tennessee | 11 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Alabama | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New Jersey | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Charlton is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Charlton is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 3.0 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 Charlton 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 2 names spelled alike, given to 3,617 babies since 1880, Charlton is the most given (98% of them).
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 Charlton
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 Charlton and names like it
- Compare Charlton and CharletonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sCharlton peaked in 1971.
- South Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Charlton since 1910.
- The top names of 1971The year the most babies were named Charlton.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Charlton alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with CMost given first.