Boys' name · since 1953
Johncharles
Johncharles has 90 recorded births since 1953 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 90
- total births
- 1953–2019
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
Johncharles sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 90 recorded since 1953.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Johncharles has been recorded 90 times among boys since 1953, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 2019.
- 90 total births
- 1953–2019 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 53% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Johncharles's 90 recorded births place it above 60% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Johncharles's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Johncharles's full recorded timeline at 1986, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1953, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Johncharles popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–2019
- Peak year (1979)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Johncharles by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Johncharles's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Johncharles births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1970s 8
1970s
8 births
- 1980s
1980s
48 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 48 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Johncharles's decade-level peak was the 1980s (48 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1953–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Johncharles: Baby Name Since 1953 - 90 Births, Peak 1979." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/johncharles. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Johncharles 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 July 2026.