Charmian

Girl · recorded 1914–1986

  • 1986last recorded
  • 1923best year

Most popular in 1923.

Last recorded in 1986. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1914

061219141932195019681986

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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 53 recorded years as a table
Charmian, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19148
191610
191710
191810
19195
19206
19216
19227
192312
19248
192510
19265
19278
19289
19297
19304
19327
19346
19377
19386
19404
19415
19424
19434
19447
19458
19466
19475
19484
19495
19506
19528
19543
19553
19633
19663
19678
19686
19695
197010
19716
197210
19738
19748
19755
19768
19775
19798
19804
19813
19827
19839
19865

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Charmian 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1986
8
Rank in 1986
#7,749
How rare
1 in 214,443 girls
Since 1914
473

Charmian was last recorded in 1986. 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 1923, at 12 per million girls born.

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

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