How Many People Are Named Charlie?
people named Charlie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,920 people in the US has this name
Based on 224,639 babies named Charlie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
4,620 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive or feminine form of CHARLES. A famous bearer is Charlie Brown, the main character in the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles Schulz.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Charlie in English. Counting Charlie and these spellings together, about 134,521 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Charlie, 29.7% were girls and 70.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Charlie rose from 1.2% in the 1880s to 51.3% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Charlie alive today is about 31 years old, and 60% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 59 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Charlie first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 4,620 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Charlie never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #20, in 1881, and it was in the top 100 for 56 years, 1880 to 1935. In 2025 it ranked #145. Among girls, its best rank was #122, in 2020.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #145 | #133 |
| Best rank | #20 (1881) | #122 (2020) |
| Years in the top 100 | 56 (1880 to 1935) | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #78 in the 1920s | #222 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Charlie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Charlie were born in California than in any other state: about 10,502 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Charlie was given 4 times as often in Mississippi, 3.8 times in Georgia and 3.3 times in Alabama.
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