Charmian — girls' name

What the Data Says About Charmian

The Social Security Administration has registered 473 babies named Charmian between 1914 and 1986, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charmian currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Charmian performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Charmian shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Charmian in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Charmian 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 473 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.