Charlie Name Popularity

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How popular is Charlie?

Ranking 218th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Charlie is somewhat popular.

Currently in the top 250, this name has been part of the top 500 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #20 was reached in 1881.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1919 with 2,891 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Charlie in any given year was 441 in 1993.

Charlie, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1897-1900, 1909-1918, and 2007-2011, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1961-1966.

Charlie became more popular as a girls name in 2016.

Charlie's popularity is at a mid point when measured against its most notable year.

How popular will Charlie be?

For a number of years, the name Charlie has been soaring upward in popularity. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Charlie has remained about the same.

The name Charlie is favored by many parents and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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		Charlie (Girl)		Charlie (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		1,840	152	1,716	218
2017		1,908	154	1,782	214
2016		1,762	185	1,707	227
2015		1,557	208	1,669	231
2014		1,438	230	1,690	225
2013		1,325	241	1,561	233
2012		1,045	306	1,535	233
2011		856	375	1,520	236
2010		670	460	1,429	246
2009		490	616	1,255	274
2008		403	738	1,090	306
2007		367	784	954	334
2006		355	777	931	337
2005		257	959	934	329
2004		222	1,041	812	350
2003		175	1,213	708	369
2002		170	1,198	599	416
2001		138	1,378	553	438
2000		129	1,427	528	450
1999		136	1,321	548	427
1998		132	1,330	495	453
1997		135	1,293	469	465
1996		137	1,269	459	477
1995		117	1,403	510	447
1994		111	1,435	447	477
1993		104	1,507	441	478
1992		92	1,645	486	451
1991		130	1,288	517	430
1990		120	1,333	537	423
1989		86	1,615	522	408
1988		121	1,231	500	398
1987		109	1,280	533	366
1986		108	1,254	535	354
1985		79	1,535	548	344
1984		74	1,537	540	345
1983		43	2,244	553	336
1982		57	1,876	518	353
1981		61	1,811	614	309
1980		71	1,624	597	322
1979		71	1,597	697	289
1978		62	1,689	659	289
1977		81	1,384	610	310
1976		59	1,662	566	311
1975		25	2,892	565	316
1974		19	3,448	553	322
1973		20	3,245	613	296
1972		10	5,156	640	290
1971		12	4,579	695	290
1970		21	3,122	770	273
1969		24	2,710	772	267
1968		25	2,492	739	267
1967		32	2,082	804	249
1966		31	2,097	836	250
1965		28	2,255	966	236
1964		33	2,076	1,071	229
1963		43	1,758	1,165	221
1962		41	1,787	1,223	220
1961		44	1,721	1,222	225
1960		45	1,673	1,244	222
1959		51	1,518	1,416	204
1958		55	1,432	1,427	195
1957		72	1,238	1,452	193
1956		73	1,221	1,533	185
1955		72	1,177	1,436	184
1954		83	1,079	1,452	182
1953		80	1,078	1,537	172
1952		83	1,030	1,664	161
1951		102	902	1,685	153
1950		102	877	1,677	151
1949		115	814	1,832	146
1948		113	816	1,902	144
1947		117	809	1,912	145
1946		113	771	1,788	135
1945		111	708	1,724	128
1944		132	639	1,881	120
1943		145	630	1,831	122
1942		118	686	1,869	118
1941		111	669	1,758	115
1940		134	602	1,762	111
1939		136	575	1,749	112
1938		140	581	1,800	112
1937		161	519	1,756	110
1936		130	578	1,838	103
1935		128	565	1,925	100
1934		135	554	1,892	100
1933		161	504	1,977	95
1932		161	515	2,129	90
1931		160	517	1,974	94
1930		179	499	2,113	91
1929		185	495	2,187	87
1928		188	502	2,462	80
1927		201	493	2,511	80
1926		200	493	2,447	81
1925		182	529	2,579	78
1924		175	551	2,505	80
1923		183	520	2,472	79
1922		181	521	2,652	72
1921		139	626	2,576	76
1920		197	491	2,785	70
1919		199	473	2,891	66
1918		178	518	2,743	70
1917		151	546	2,536	67
1916		119	620	2,416	68
1915		126	576	2,193	75
1914		101	557	1,906	65
1913		76	587	1,618	62
1912		79	550	1,446	57
1911		44	652	978	45
1910		65	504	1,107	34
1909		39	625	833	36
1908		43	567	740	37
1907		43	555	793	35
1906		28	691	744	34
1905		39	557	801	34
1904		28	655	739	33
1903		37	531	739	32
1902		35	547	761	30
1901		28	591	654	31
1900		27	691	1,124	25
1899		33	516	678	31
1898		23	681	728	33
1897		23	646	714	30
1896		14	876	714	32
1895		17	775	767	27
1894		17	720	704	30
1893		10	965	691	30
1892		19	668	761	28
1891		16	672	707	23
1890		12	794	797	21
1889		11	807	685	29
1888		13	729	796	22
1887		11	696	642	24
1886		11	697	723	22
1885		9	753	705	23
1884		7	867	746	24
1883		10	617	643	22
1882		6	829	753	21
1881		5	847	668	20
1880		< 5	--	730	21

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.