Charlie
Girl name · #133 in 2025 · Well-known
Charlie ranks #133 among American girls' names as of 2025, with 2,160 newborns given the name that year. A decade ago it stood at #207, so the name has been rising over the past ten years. Roughly one in every 833 girls born in 2025 was named Charlie.
The 144-year story
Charlie first appears in the Social Security records in 1881, when 5 girls received the name. Its all-time peak is essentially right now: 2022, with 2,341 babies and a rank of #123. Names at their peak can keep climbing — or be one trend cycle from the long slide that eventually hits most popular names. Following the curve matters more than today's snapshot: a name's position on its rise-peak-decline arc is the best predictor of how common it will feel in a kindergarten class five years from now.
Babies named Charlie per year. Source: SSA.
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Uniqueness: will there be another Charlie in class?
On our rarity read — which blends how common Charlie is today with its five-year momentum — the name reads as "well-known". A low score means broad familiarity: teachers will spell it right, and your child may share it with a classmate. For many families that's a feature, not a bug.
Where Charlie is most common
Geography matters for names, and Charlie is no exception. Adjusted for how many girls are born in each state, Charlie is most common in ME (5.1 per 1,000), HI (5.1 per 1,000), MT (4.6 per 1,000), ND (3.7 per 1,000), NH (3.4 per 1,000) — against a national average of about 1.7 per 1,000 girls. These are per-capita rates, so they show where Charlie is a genuine regional favorite rather than just where the most babies are born.
Nicknames & related forms of Charlie
Charlie belongs to the Charlotte family — closely related nicknames and spellings of the same name.
Counted as one name, the Charlotte family went to about 16,130 girls in 2025 — together they'd rank around #1, versus #133 for Charlie alone.
Names like Charlie
Statistically, parents drawn to Charlie tend to be choosing among names with similar popularity arcs, era profiles, and sounds — the closest matches in our model are Callie, Millie, Hallie, Sloane, and Brielle.
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Rank history (last 25 years)
| Year | Babies named Charlie | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,160 | #133 |
| 2024 | 2,113 | #140 |
| 2023 | 2,245 | #125 |
| 2022 | 2,341 | #123 |
| 2021 | 2,223 | #127 |
| 2020 | 2,239 | #122 |
| 2019 | 2,087 | #132 |
| 2018 | 1,851 | #153 |
| 2017 | 1,913 | #155 |
| 2016 | 1,767 | #185 |
| 2015 | 1,562 | #207 |
| 2014 | 1,439 | #230 |
| 2013 | 1,327 | #241 |
| 2012 | 1,045 | #306 |
| 2011 | 856 | #375 |
| 2010 | 672 | #459 |
| 2009 | 490 | #617 |
| 2008 | 406 | #736 |
| 2007 | 367 | #784 |
| 2006 | 355 | #777 |
| 2005 | 257 | #958 |
| 2004 | 223 | #1038 |
| 2003 | 175 | #1212 |
| 2002 | 170 | #1197 |
| 2001 | 138 | #1378 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Charlie a popular girl name?
Charlie ranked #133 among girls in 2025 with 2,160 babies given the name — inside the top 500: established but not ubiquitous. Ten years earlier it ranked #207.
When was the name Charlie most popular?
Charlie peaked in 2022, when 2,341 American girls received the name (ranked #123 that year). That peak is current — the name is at or near its all-time high right now.
How rare is the name Charlie?
In 2025, roughly 1 in 833 newborn American girls was named Charlie. On our rarity scale (rarity blended with momentum) we classify it as "well-known".
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration name statistics, 1880–2025, national and state files. Counts reflect Social Security card applications; names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a state-year are suppressed by the SSA.