first name
CHARMAINE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,412 people named Charmaine, 47.4% reported their origin as Black, 32.1% as White and 10.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Charmaine peaked in 1952, when 619 babies got the name.
At least 15,395 babies have been given the name since 1913. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Charmaine by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #889. The largest share of babies named Charmaine, 34.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Charmaine is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Charmaine has been most common in Hawaii (8.9×), Louisiana (3.5×), and District of Columbia (2.6×), and least common in Tennessee (0.15×).
11,609 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.
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7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Charmaine, most common first.
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