Charlie

Boy · recorded 1880–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.1 to 1)

  • #145in 2025
  • 1 in 694boys in 2025
  • +65%last ten years
  • 2.9×in Maine

Most popular in 1900, and up 65% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

03,7357,47018801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Charlie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18806,607
18816,631
18826,624
18836,146
18846,519
18856,540
18866,526
18876,331
18886,587
18896,195
18907,179
18916,987
18926,236
18936,152
18946,081
18956,534
18965,972
18976,332
18985,934
18996,384
19007,470
19016,143
19026,204
19036,198
19045,768
19056,054
19065,588
19075,401
19084,795
19095,079
19105,700
19114,328
19123,363
19133,157
19142,911
19152,584
19162,714
19172,740
19182,707
19192,950
19202,617
19212,337
19222,440
19232,254
19242,213
19252,310
19262,203
19272,229
19282,224
19292,031
19301,925
19311,900
19322,037
19331,995
19341,832
19351,850
19361,771
19371,647
19381,624
19391,579
19401,520
19411,430
19421,353
19431,286
19441,380
19451,282
19461,100
19471,046
19481,084
19491,033
1950937
1951895
1952856
1953778
1954716
1955698
1956722
1957674
1958673
1959663
1960585
1961576
1962591
1963573
1964537
1965518
1966469
1967461
1968426
1969431
1970413
1971394
1972395
1973393
1974352
1975362
1976361
1977370
1978401
1979405
1980334
1981343
1982285
1983309
1984300
1985297
1986291
1987285
1988262
1989261
1990261
1991256
1992244
1993225
1994232
1995268
1996242
1997249
1998259
1999285
2000269
2001285
2002309
2003359
2004409
2005468
2006453
2007461
2008534
2009633
2010746
2011801
2012810
2013827
2014883
2015873
2016902
2017969
2018953
20191,021
20201,085
20211,148
20221,208
20231,230
20241,215
20251,440

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Maine 2.9×
  2. Alaska 2.8×
  3. South Dakota 2.4×
  4. North Dakota 2.4×
  5. Minnesota 2.3×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
2,460
Rank in 2025
#145
How rare
1 in 694 boys
Since 1880
184,280

Most popular in 1900, at 7,470 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 65% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Maine2.9×42
Alaska2.8×25
South Dakota2.4×35
North Dakota2.4×31
Minnesota2.3×219

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.