How rare is the name Charlie?

104,901 people in the United States have the first name Charlie, about 1 in 2,879. It ranks #533 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CHARLIE

#533

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
104,901
About
1 in 2,879
This common or more
59.7%
Who bears it

Of the 104,901 people named Charlie, 61.2% reported their origin as White, 18% as Black and 11.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 79.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Charlie peaked in 2025, when 4,620 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
4,620
In 2025*
4,620
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 224,639 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.

Charlie by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #74. The largest share of babies named Charlie, 22.3%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#747,174
1890s#1027,445
1900s#1168,275
1910s#15320,972
1920s#17627,007
1930s#21620,645
1940s#26719,475
1950s#38016,055
1960s#51310,387
1970s#6356,745
1980s#7006,274
1990s#8136,129
2000s#58211,077
2010s#22431,009
2020s#13025,970
Before 19017%
Greatest Generation 1901–2722.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4516.6%
Baby boom 1946–6413.4%
Generation X 1965–805.2%
Millennials 1981–964.4%
Generation Z 1997–128.9%
2013 and later22.2%

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 Charlie is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Charlie has been most common in Mississippi (4.4×), Georgia (4.1×), and Alabama (3.7×), and least common in Delaware (0.12×).

194,524 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 Charlie

#531 Tanya · 105,773#532 Ronnie · 105,401#534 Joanna · 104,730#535 Dolores · 104,660

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,974 Charley · 14,039#2,145 Charlee · 12,443#3,115 Charli · 7,053#3,232 Charla · 6,653#5,025 Charly · 3,515#9,024 Charle · 1,570#19,928 Charlea · 524#24,775 Charlye · 387

Also a last name

As a last name, Charlie ranks #19,072 of 156,621, with 1,425 people. See Charlie as a last name

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