Girls' name · since 1968
Charmen
Since 1968, U.S. Social Security records show 38 babies named Charmen, peaking in 1968. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #38,110 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 38
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Charmen sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 38 recorded since 1968.
Charmen has 38 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 1972.
- #38,110 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 38 born since 1968
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Charmen ranks #38,110 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 38 born since 1968, peaking in the 1970s.
- #38,110 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 38
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Charmen's 38 recorded births place it above 46.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Charmen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Charmen splits its recorded history at 1970: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1972 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1968 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Charmen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1972
- Peak year (1968)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Charmen by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (22 births, 58% of the file).
1970s was Charmen's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Charmen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
16 births
- 1970s
1970s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 22 births (58% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Charmen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~4 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1968–1972 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Charmen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.