NameTides

Charley

Charley was the #760 girls' name in the US in 2025 (356 babies), and #1,512 in England & Wales and #935 in Canada.

Charley as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Charley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandEngland & Wales
Charley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#760 (356)#1,512 (20)——#718 (4)#935 (29)
2024#730 (386)#1,672 (18)#384 (8)#407 (3)#736 (4)#1,053 (25)
2023#723 (388)#1,863 (15)#304 (12)—#495 (7)#1,203 (20)
2022#700 (421)#1,556 (19)#380 (8)#305 (5)—#1,056 (24)
2021#617 (480)#1,161 (29)#316 (11)#237 (7)—#898 (31)
2020#537 (561)#1,352 (23)#241 (15)#397 (3)#700 (4)#745 (38)
2019#551 (552)#980 (36)#224 (18)#298 (5)#502 (7)#623 (49)
2018#563 (553)#767 (50)#182 (24)#238 (7)#568 (6)#632 (47)
2017#514 (611)#740 (54)#220 (20)—#365 (11)#794 (35)
2016#557 (560)#735 (54)#231 (18)#251 (7)#359 (12)#554 (56)
2015#520 (604)#487 (89)#266 (15)#269 (6)#378 (12)#508 (61)
2014#489 (641)#405 (107)#205 (23)#229 (8)#321 (15)#544 (57)
2013#515 (578)#408 (104)#144 (32)#135 (15)#273 (18)#429 (75)
2012#596 (484)#357 (135)#135 (34)#203 (9)#337 (15)#604 (48)
2011#625 (462)#348 (137)#145 (32)#189 (10)#299 (17)#463 (68)

Charley as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Charley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Charley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,826 (87)#5,137 (3)————
2024#1,833 (88)#2,444 (9)———#2,238 (8)
2023#1,727 (96)#2,161 (10)————
2022#1,852 (86)#1,469 (17)———#2,229 (7)
2021#1,841 (84)#2,301 (9)———#1,898 (9)
2020#1,798 (83)#1,935 (11)———#1,520 (12)
2019#1,790 (86)#1,369 (18)———#2,756 (5)
2018#1,625 (100)#1,324 (19)#516 (5)—#749 (3)#2,403 (6)
2017#1,644 (96)#906 (34)——#710 (3)#2,198 (7)
2016#1,875 (79)#870 (36)——#713 (3)#2,182 (7)
2015#1,780 (85)#903 (33)——#699 (3)#1,681 (10)
2014#1,873 (78)#550 (66)——#550 (5)#1,465 (12)
2013#1,675 (89)#546 (66)——#711 (3)#1,926 (8)
2012#1,909 (75)#408 (98)—#273 (6)#500 (6)#2,368 (6)
2011#1,730 (85)#444 (85)#491 (5)#375 (3)#730 (3)#1,802 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #489.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1901.
  • In 2025, 80% of US babies named Charley were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,500 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 4,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,200uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Charley is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,600 to 1 in 5,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Charley by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #564WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: #308IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: #638MINew York: #980NYMassachusetts: #624MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #721INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,185CAUtah: #490UTColorado: #456CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: #443KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #662VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #361KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #532TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: #373SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: #477LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #819ALGeorgia: #748GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,006TXFlorida: #825FL
Charley (girls) 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
Ontario2024#82314

Charley (girls): 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
CharleyCanadaGirls#93529
CharleyCanadaBoys—too few
CharleyEngland & WalesGirls#1,51220
CharleyEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
CharleyIrelandGirls#7184
CharleyIrelandBoys—too few
CharleyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CharleyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
CharleyScotlandGirls—too few
CharleyScotlandBoys—too few
CharleyUSGirls#760356
CharleyUSBoys#1,82687