Charity Girl
How popular is Charity?
#1,981 girl name in 2025
97 baby girls were named Charity in the US in 2025, making it the 1981st most popular girl name.
31,693living people named Charity (est.)
41median age of people named Charity
35,557babies named Charity since 1880
1 in 34,179US babies born in 2025
Charity popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,981 for girls (▲ 59 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 97 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-53% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,209 in 2015, #1,474 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1975 (1,420 girls) |
| Highest rank | #183 in 1975 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Where Charity is most popular
Babies named Charity per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Charity by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 323 | #288 |
| 1890s | 400 | #350 |
| 1900s | 416 | #465 |
| 1910s | 658 | #626 |
| 1920s | 573 | #903 |
| 1930s | 385 | #1,015 |
| 1940s | 456 | #1,114 |
| 1950s | 519 | #1,240 |
| 1960s | 1,036 | #653 |
| 1970s | 9,718 | #183 |
| 1980s | 8,212 | #243 |
| 1990s | 4,980 | #455 |
| 2000s | 4,752 | #456 |
| 2010s | 2,383 | #848 |
| 2020s | 707 | #1,474 |
Girl names about as popular as Charity
Questions
- Is Charity a boy or girl name?
- Charity is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Charity were girls.
- How popular is the name Charity?
- 97 baby girls were named Charity in the US in 2025, making it the 1981st most popular girl name.
- When was Charity most popular?
- Charity peaked in 1975, when 1,420 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #183 in 1975.
- How many people are named Charity?
- 35,557 babies have been named Charity in the US since 1880. We estimate about 31,693 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 41.
- Where is Charity most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Charity was most common in Missouri, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.