first name
CHARLEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,039 people named Charley, 73.8% reported their origin as White, 8.8% as Black and 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 54.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Charley peaked in 2014, when 719 babies got the name.
At least 35,321 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Charley by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #181. The largest share of babies named Charley, 24%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Charley is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Charley has been most common in Oklahoma (5.2×), Arkansas (4.9×), and Mississippi (4.1×), and least common in Connecticut (0.18×).
21,811 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 Charley
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Charley, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Charley ranks #8,480 of 156,621, with 3,734 people. See Charley as a last name
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