Charmain — girls' name

What the Data Says About Charmain

The Social Security Administration has registered 995 babies named Charmain between 1928 and 2002, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charmain currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 44 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Charmain performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 335 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Charmain shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Charmain in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Charmain 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 995 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.