Charnice — girls' name
194 babies named Charnice in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
194 girls have been named Charnice since 1973, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2002.
- 194
- total births
- 1973–2002
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 61%
- born in that decade
61% of everyone ever named Charnice was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Charnice in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Charnice
The Social Security Administration has registered 194 babies named Charnice between 1973 and 2002, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charnice currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Charnice performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Charnice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in District of Columbia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Charnice in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Charnice 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 194 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.
Charnice at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Charnice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1973
- Peak year (1994)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
194 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 21 births in a single year.
Charnice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 119 births that decade — 61% of Charnice's all-time total
Charnice decade highlights
- Peak decade 119 births
- Runner-up 59 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Charnice's strongest decade
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Charnice by state
Where Charnice concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | District of Columbia | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 194 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- District of Columbia 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
District of Columbia accounts for 2.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1973–2002 (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.