Girls' name · since 1988
Charniece
Charniece has 92 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,992 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Charniece is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 92 have been recorded since 1988.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Charniece has been recorded 92 times among girls since 1988, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2004.
- #27,992 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 92 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Charniece ranks #27,992 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 92 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #27,992 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Charniece's 92 recorded births place it above 61.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Charniece's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Charniece's full recorded timeline at 1993, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Charniece popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2004
- Peak year (1993)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Charniece by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (67 births, 73% of the file).
1990s was Charniece's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Charniece births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 19
1980s
19 births
- 1990s
1990s
67 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 67 births (73% of all-time use).
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- Charniece's decade-level peak was the 1990s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Charniece: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1988–2004 (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 Charniece 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.