How rare is the name Charis?

3,934 people in the United States have the first name Charis, about 1 in 76,775. It ranks #4,653 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CHARIS

#4,653

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,934
About
1 in 76,775
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,934 people named Charis, 60.1% reported their origin as White, 17.1% as Black and 9.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 96.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Charis peaked in 2006, when 133 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19242025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
133
In 2025*
59 ▼56%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,415 babies have been given the name since 1924. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Charis by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #3,091. The largest share of babies named Charis, 34.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1920s#7,26854
1930s#10,17411
1940s#5,19095
1950s#5,102128
1960s#4,238211
1970s#3,124462
1980s#3,091581
1990s#3,692620
2000s#3,359987
2010s#3,834895
2020s#4,838371
Greatest Generation 1901–271%
Silent Generation 1928–451.7%
Baby boom 1946–646.2%
Generation X 1965–8014.4%
Millennials 1981–9621%
Generation Z 1997–1234.2%
2013 and later21.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Charis is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Charis has been most common in Texas (3.4×), California (3.3×), and Florida (2.1×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.44×).

1,371 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Charis

#4,650 Stephane · 3,936#4,652 Doretha · 3,935#4,654 Neville · 3,933#4,655 Ariadna · 3,931

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Charis, most common first.

#134 Chris · 366,260#7,934 Charise · 1,860#22,581 Charisa · 440#23,382 Charish · 419#23,590 Chares · 414#33,297 Cheris · 249#49,173 Chariss · 127

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