Charlie Boy & girl
How popular is Charlie?
#133 girl name in 2025
2,160 baby girls were named Charlie in the US in 2025, making it the 133rd most popular girl name. Another 2,460 boys got the name (#145 for boys).
Charlie popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #133 for girls (▲ 7 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,160 girls, 2,460 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+38% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #207 in 2015, #122 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (2,341 girls) |
| Highest rank | #122 in 2020 |
| First recorded | 1881 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 48% boys, 52% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Charlie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Charlie family of names ranked #67 for girls in 2025 (#64 the year before), with 4,248 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Charlie | 2,160 | 51% |
| Charlee | 750 | 18% |
| Charli | 597 | 14% |
| Charleigh | 337 | 8% |
| Charley | 356 | 8% |
| Charly | 48 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Charlie is most popular
Babies named Charlie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Charlie by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 83 | #615 |
| 1890s | 184 | #514 |
| 1900s | 347 | #527 |
| 1910s | 1,138 | #472 |
| 1920s | 1,831 | #491 |
| 1930s | 1,491 | #498 |
| 1940s | 1,211 | #602 |
| 1950s | 773 | #875 |
| 1960s | 346 | #1,672 |
| 1970s | 380 | #1,380 |
| 1980s | 809 | #1,229 |
| 1990s | 1,216 | #1,267 |
| 2000s | 2,710 | #617 |
| 2010s | 14,519 | #132 |
| 2020s | 13,321 | #122 |
Girl names about as popular as Charlie
Questions
- Is Charlie a boy or girl name?
- Charlie is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 48% of babies named Charlie were boys and 52% were girls.
- How popular is the name Charlie?
- 2,160 baby girls were named Charlie in the US in 2025, making it the 133rd most popular girl name. Another 2,460 boys got the name (#145 for boys).
- When was Charlie most popular?
- Charlie peaked in 2022, when 2,341 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #122 in 2020.
- How many people are named Charlie?
- 224,639 babies have been named Charlie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 118,877 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Charlie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Charlie was most common in Wyoming, at 5.2 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.