Charna — #13591 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Charna

The Social Security Administration has registered 554 babies named Charna between 1928 and 2024, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charna currently holds the #13591 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Charna performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Charna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 61 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Charna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Charna 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 554 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.