NameTides

Charity

Charity was the #1,981 girls' name in the US in 2025 (97 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales.

Charity as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Charity as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Charity as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,981 (97)#5,927 (3)—
2024#2,040 (95)—#2,975 (6)
2023#1,736 (118)—#2,604 (7)
2022#1,754 (118)—#2,315 (8)
2021#1,562 (134)—#3,280 (5)
2020#1,474 (145)#4,535 (4)#2,007 (10)
2019#1,259 (184)—#1,922 (11)
2018#1,233 (189)—#1,639 (13)
2017#1,217 (197)#5,765 (3)#2,609 (7)
2016#1,236 (197)—#2,892 (6)
2015#1,209 (206)#3,615 (6)#1,202 (20)
2014#1,052 (247)#5,691 (3)#1,901 (11)
2013#964 (261)#4,050 (5)#1,305 (18)
2012#926 (277)—#1,472 (16)
2011#848 (310)—#1,122 (22)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1975 at #183.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 17,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Charity is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 19,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 16,000 to 1 in 21,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Charity by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,210TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Charity (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CharityCanadaGirls—too few
CharityEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
CharityNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CharityUSGirls#1,98197
CharityUSBoys—too few