NameTides

Charles

Charles was the #48 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5,898 babies), and #119 in England & Wales and #27 in Canada.

Charles as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Charles as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.025507510018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesIrelandScotland
Charles as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02550751001880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#48 (5,898)#119 (437)#298 (12)#143 (16)#188 (25)#27 (672)#94 (92)#90 (85)
2024#51 (5,613)#119 (452)#160 (28)#144 (15)#287 (14)#30 (650)——
2023#54 (5,421)#121 (442)#182 (25)#200 (10)#254 (17)#27 (657)#78 (103)#98 (68)
2022#50 (5,934)#102 (533)#161 (31)#177 (12)#157 (36)#26 (762)#74 (115)#82 (85)
2021#50 (6,010)#91 (639)#182 (26)#266 (7)#168 (32)#25 (850)#89 (104)#83 (90)
2020#46 (6,249)#88 (646)#168 (27)#193 (10)#193 (26)#24 (834)#67 (128)#74 (93)
2019#52 (6,406)#86 (707)#153 (36)#138 (18)#174 (32)#27 (845)#82 (108)#67 (115)
2018#53 (6,667)#81 (758)#139 (44)#141 (17)#159 (37)#26 (840)#63 (143)#80 (82)
2017#48 (7,193)#73 (877)#167 (35)#124 (22)#156 (38)#28 (818)#77 (118)#68 (101)
2016#52 (7,127)#72 (910)#137 (43)#143 (20)#134 (49)#32 (825)#78 (138)#66 (96)
2015#50 (7,204)#66 (985)#127 (48)#133 (22)#114 (61)#28 (897)#72 (137)#90 (69)
2014#51 (7,362)#63 (1,037)#133 (46)#135 (21)#123 (56)#29 (882)#84 (118)#92 (70)
2013#57 (7,025)#61 (1,029)#110 (58)#171 (14)#110 (66)#35 (817)#81 (128)#88 (77)
2012#62 (6,947)#62 (1,088)#121 (52)#133 (21)#122 (59)#42 (769)#69 (149)#81 (87)
2011#61 (6,987)#60 (1,090)#108 (61)#124 (23)#104 (73)#41 (743)#74 (139)#82 (84)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #4.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 290 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 290common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 620common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 520common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 950common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 240common

Next year

On its recent trend, Charles is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 280 to 1 in 330.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Charles by state, 2025Alaska: #11AKMaine: #18MEWisconsin: #36WIVermont: #16VTNew Hampshire: #20NHWashington: #57WAIdaho: #48IDMontana: #49MTNorth Dakota: #65NDMinnesota: #28MNIllinois: #30ILMichigan: #31MINew York: #41NYMassachusetts: #19MAOregon: #52ORNevada: #123NVWyoming: #64WYSouth Dakota: #50SDIowa: #71IAIndiana: #45INOhio: #41OHPennsylvania: #50PANew Jersey: #56NJConnecticut: #25CTRhode Island: #35RICalifornia: #100CAUtah: #53UTColorado: #40CONebraska: #45NEMissouri: #29MOKentucky: #40KYWest Virginia: #85WVVirginia: #23VAMaryland: #47MDDelaware: #76DEArizona: #98AZNew Mexico: #115NMKansas: #30KSArkansas: #40ARTennessee: #27TNNorth Carolina: #33NCSouth Carolina: #26SCDistrict of Columbia: #7DCOklahoma: #58OKLouisiana: #38LAMississippi: #26MSAlabama: #17ALGeorgia: #22GAHawaii: #104HITexas: #82TXFlorida: #87FL
Charles (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#15329
Ontario2024#76156

Charles (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CharlesCanadaGirls—too few
CharlesCanadaBoys#27672
CharlesEngland & WalesBoys#119437
CharlesIrelandBoys#18825
CharlesNorthern IrelandBoys#14316
CharlesNSWBoys#9492
CharlesScotlandBoys#29812
CharlesUSGirls#9,45710
CharlesUSBoys#485,898
CharlesVICBoys#9085