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Charles name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Charles ranks #48 in male records (5,898 reported) and #9,583 in female records (10 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Is Charles becoming more popular?

Charles's reported male count increased by 285 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #51 to #48. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Charles in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for CharlesFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.7,1930201620252016: 17 female records2017: 12 female records2018: 13 female records2019: 9 female records2020: 13 female records2021: 5 female records2022: 9 female records2023: 9 female records2024: 8 female records2025: 10 female records2016: 7,127 male records2017: 7,193 male records2018: 6,667 male records2019: 6,406 male records2020: 6,249 male records2021: 6,010 male records2022: 5,934 male records2023: 5,421 male records2024: 5,613 male records2025: 5,898 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025109,5835,89848
2024811,3365,61351
2023910,4905,42154
2022910,5655,93450
2021515,7396,01050
2020138,0686,24946
2019910,6526,40652
2018138,2476,66753
2017128,9137,19348
2016176,9727,12752

Questions about Charles’s popularity

How common is Charles in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Charles ranks #48 in male records (5,898 reported) and #9,583 in female records (10 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Charles?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Charles only.

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