TheNameDBCharles
M FCharles is a given name of Germanic origin used predominantly for boys. There have been 2,441,151 people born with this name in the United States since 1880 — 2,428,685 as boys and 12,466 as girls. Charles gained popularity in the 1880s, peaked in 1947 and has since declined significantly. It is the #10 most popular name for a boy.
Popularity Over Time
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Yearly Data
| Year | Births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5,601 |
| 2023 | 5,424 |
| 2022 | 5,943 |
| 2021 | 6,008 |
| 2020 | 6,256 |
| 2019 | 6,412 |
| 2018 | 6,676 |
| 2017 | 7,201 |
| 2016 | 7,142 |
| 2015 | 7,213 |
| 2014 | 7,375 |
| 2013 | 7,040 |
| 2012 | 6,960 |
| 2011 | 6,994 |
| 2010 | 7,113 |
| 2009 | 7,284 |
| 2008 | 7,307 |
| 2007 | 7,464 |
| 2006 | 8,027 |
| 2005 | 7,948 |
| 2004 | 7,706 |
| 2003 | 7,703 |
| 2002 | 7,215 |
| 2001 | 7,300 |
| 2000 | 7,538 |
| 1999 | 7,536 |
| 1998 | 7,859 |
| 1997 | 7,671 |
| 1996 | 8,266 |
| 1995 | 8,500 |
| 1994 | 9,037 |
| 1993 | 9,884 |
| 1992 | 10,502 |
| 1991 | 11,370 |
| 1990 | 12,041 |
| 1989 | 12,305 |
| 1988 | 12,199 |
| 1987 | 12,258 |
| 1986 | 12,710 |
| 1985 | 13,005 |
| 1984 | 13,054 |
| 1983 | 13,334 |
| 1982 | 14,435 |
| 1981 | 14,530 |
| 1980 | 15,074 |
| 1979 | 14,937 |
| 1978 | 14,963 |
| 1977 | 14,831 |
| 1976 | 14,029 |
| 1975 | 14,707 |
| 1974 | 15,253 |
| 1973 | 15,868 |
| 1972 | 17,091 |
| 1971 | 19,997 |
| 1970 | 22,560 |
| 1969 | 21,799 |
| 1968 | 21,699 |
| 1967 | 21,412 |
| 1966 | 22,382 |
| 1965 | 23,632 |
| 1964 | 26,032 |
| 1963 | 26,899 |
| 1962 | 27,709 |
| 1961 | 29,316 |
| 1960 | 29,797 |
| 1959 | 30,946 |
| 1958 | 32,371 |
| 1957 | 34,435 |
| 1956 | 35,395 |
| 1955 | 35,509 |
| 1954 | 37,593 |
| 1953 | 38,558 |
| 1952 | 38,986 |
| 1951 | 39,559 |
| 1950 | 39,251 |
| 1949 | 40,190 |
| 1948 | 38,828 |
| 1947 | 40,917 |
| 1946 | 38,346 |
| 1945 | 32,592 |
| 1944 | 34,805 |
| 1943 | 36,806 |
| 1942 | 36,018 |
| 1941 | 32,894 |
| 1940 | 31,830 |
| 1939 | 30,935 |
| 1938 | 31,296 |
| 1937 | 30,697 |
| 1936 | 29,233 |
| 1935 | 30,131 |
| 1934 | 29,959 |
| 1933 | 29,199 |
| 1932 | 31,290 |
| 1931 | 30,145 |
| 1930 | 32,104 |
| 1929 | 30,191 |
| 1928 | 31,515 |
| 1927 | 32,244 |
| 1926 | 29,746 |
| 1925 | 29,796 |
| 1924 | 30,646 |
| 1923 | 29,125 |
| 1922 | 29,038 |
| 1921 | 29,418 |
| 1920 | 28,472 |
| 1919 | 25,321 |
| 1918 | 27,065 |
| 1917 | 24,267 |
| 1916 | 23,735 |
| 1915 | 22,061 |
| 1914 | 17,012 |
| 1913 | 13,239 |
| 1912 | 11,137 |
| 1911 | 5,765 |
| 1910 | 4,816 |
| 1909 | 4,058 |
| 1908 | 3,959 |
| 1907 | 3,904 |
| 1906 | 3,631 |
| 1905 | 3,630 |
| 1904 | 3,430 |
| 1903 | 3,232 |
| 1902 | 3,386 |
| 1901 | 3,072 |
| 1900 | 4,126 |
| 1899 | 3,170 |
| 1898 | 3,576 |
| 1897 | 3,361 |
| 1896 | 3,649 |
| 1895 | 3,660 |
| 1894 | 3,814 |
| 1893 | 3,746 |
| 1892 | 4,348 |
| 1891 | 3,669 |
| 1890 | 4,091 |
| 1889 | 4,227 |
| 1888 | 4,619 |
| 1887 | 4,064 |
| 1886 | 4,555 |
| 1885 | 4,623 |
| 1884 | 4,821 |
| 1883 | 4,844 |
| 1882 | 5,114 |
| 1881 | 4,653 |
| 1880 | 5,359 |