How Many People Are Named Charley?
people named Charley are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 19,549 people in the US has this name
Based on 35,321 babies named Charley in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
719 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive or feminine form of CHARLES.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Charley in English. Counting Charley and these spellings together, about 134,521 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Charley, 62.1% were girls and 37.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Charley rose from 0% in the 1880s to 83.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Charley alive today is about 26 years old, and 69% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 39 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Charley first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2014, to 719 babies. In 2025, 443 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Charley never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #59, in 1880, and it was in the top 100 for 15 years, 1880 to 1894. In 2025 it ranked #1,827. Among girls, its best rank was #489, in 2014.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,827 | #760 |
| Best rank | #59 (1880) | #489 (2014) |
| Years in the top 100 | 15 (1880 to 1894) | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #285 in the 1920s | #563 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Charley alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Charley were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,521 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Charley was given 4.6 times as often in Oklahoma, 4.3 times in Arkansas and 3.8 times in Mississippi.
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