Charly Boy & girl
How popular is Charly?
#3,249 girl name in 2025
48 baby girls were named Charly in the US in 2025, making it the 3249th most popular girl name. Another 16 boys got the name (#5,606 for boys).
Charly popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,249 for girls (▼ 984 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 48 girls, 16 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-41% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,294 in 2015, #2,115 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (109 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,837 in 1986 |
| First recorded | 1975 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 28% boys, 72% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Charly 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 Charly is most popular
Babies named Charly per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 0.3 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
Charly by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 49 | #4,242 |
| 1980s | 350 | #1,837 |
| 1990s | 328 | #3,023 |
| 2000s | 537 | #2,394 |
| 2010s | 806 | #1,853 |
| 2020s | 448 | #2,006 |
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Questions
- Is Charly a boy or girl name?
- Charly is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 28% of babies named Charly were boys and 72% were girls.
- How popular is the name Charly?
- 48 baby girls were named Charly in the US in 2025, making it the 3249th most popular girl name. Another 16 boys got the name (#5,606 for boys).
- When was Charly most popular?
- Charly peaked in 2014, when 109 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,837 in 1986.
- How many people are named Charly?
- 3,833 babies have been named Charly in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,732 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Charly most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Charly was most common in Utah, at 0.3 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.