Char

Girl · recorded 1945–1997

  • 1997last recorded
  • 1973best year

Most popular in 1973.

Last recorded in 1997. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Char.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1945

071319451958197119841997

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 45 recorded years as a table
Char, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19454
19464
19486
19494
19503
19514
195211
19548
19556
19566
19573
19585
19597
196013
19618
19628
19637
19645
19656
19663
19675
19689
19695
19707
19717
197212
197313
197412
197510
19768
197710
19787
19794
19803
19817
19824
19835
19843
19863
19884
19896
19908
19933
19953
19973

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Char isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1997
5
Rank in 1997
#13,724
How rare
1 in 348,142 girls
Since 1945
488

Char was last recorded in 1997. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1973, at 13 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Char doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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