Charming — #9690 US boys' name
65 babies named Charming in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 32% of names given to boys today.
62% of everyone ever named Charming was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Charming in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Charming
The Social Security Administration has registered 65 babies named Charming between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Charming currently holds the #9690 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Charming is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2020.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Charming performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Charming shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Charming 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 65 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.
Charming at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Charming popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2015
- Peak year (2021)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
Currently ranks #9690 among boys.
65 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 10 births in a single year.
Charming popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2020 (Charming as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Charming accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Charming by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 40 births that decade — 62% of Charming's all-time total
Charming decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Charming's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2015–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.