NameTides

Charlie

Charlie was the #145 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,460 babies), and #22 in England & Wales and #52 in Canada.

Charlie as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Charlie 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.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandScotlandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Charlie 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.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
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#145 (2,460)#22 (1,679)#16 (167)#4 (123)#13 (225)#52 (464)#12 (280)#6 (328)
2024#176 (2,094)#17 (1,956)#19 (159)#8 (106)#10 (258)#62 (424)#8 (330)#7 (341)
2023#174 (2,104)#17 (2,010)#24 (151)#5 (123)#12 (244)#60 (438)#10 (308)#5 (337)
2022#178 (2,110)#16 (2,391)#15 (226)#5 (131)#5 (348)#54 (474)#10 (334)#6 (344)
2021#188 (2,009)#14 (2,674)#13 (220)#4 (155)#7 (345)#72 (454)#13 (327)#4 (360)
2020#204 (1,872)#12 (2,810)#12 (236)#4 (169)#10 (305)#76 (419)#13 (335)#5 (342)
2019#211 (1,832)#9 (3,355)#4 (306)#4 (170)#10 (316)#83 (409)#14 (327)#8 (353)
2018#218 (1,730)#10 (3,365)#11 (262)#4 (191)#10 (347)#98 (366)#22 (277)#10 (270)
2017#213 (1,793)#9 (3,724)#14 (257)#4 (185)#13 (338)#80 (413)#20 (278)#9 (280)
2016#227 (1,711)#7 (4,190)#10 (297)#4 (204)#12 (369)#101 (372)#25 (286)#13 (247)
2015#231 (1,674)#6 (4,831)#6 (342)#4 (213)#9 (399)#116 (348)#21 (328)#10 (249)
2014#225 (1,696)#5 (4,642)#8 (320)#4 (224)#10 (389)#113 (363)#21 (319)#12 (261)
2013#233 (1,565)#5 (5,039)#9 (301)#3 (219)#15 (383)#118 (338)#21 (335)#22 (233)
2012#233 (1,537)#4 (5,571)#12 (298)#5 (228)#12 (432)#118 (332)#21 (348)#19 (264)
2011#236 (1,521)#5 (5,516)#17 (293)#8 (207)#20 (396)#140 (268)#18 (389)#18 (270)

Charlie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Charlie as a girl’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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandEngland & Wales
Charlie as a girl’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.02.557.5101880192019602000
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#133 (2,160)#747 (49)#324 (10)#334 (4)#352 (11)#33 (516)——
2024#140 (2,113)#837 (44)#315 (11)#407 (3)#412 (9)#30 (560)—#89 (67)
2023#125 (2,245)#774 (46)#365 (9)#328 (4)#495 (7)#20 (653)——
2022#123 (2,341)#706 (52)#273 (13)#418 (3)#211 (22)#18 (713)#95 (75)#71 (81)
2021#127 (2,223)#755 (49)#396 (8)—#270 (16)#17 (790)#92 (82)#86 (68)
2020#122 (2,239)#735 (50)#370 (9)—#315 (13)#17 (739)#94 (76)#75 (76)
2019#132 (2,087)#601 (66)#206 (20)#336 (4)#551 (6)#22 (749)#77 (91)#72 (83)
2018#153 (1,851)#745 (53)#225 (18)#434 (3)#319 (14)#29 (696)#95 (74)#94 (58)
2017#155 (1,913)#648 (64)#220 (20)#355 (4)#272 (17)#32 (653)——
2016#185 (1,767)#516 (83)#231 (18)#353 (4)#288 (16)#35 (641)—#73 (74)
2015#207 (1,562)#455 (95)#213 (20)#223 (8)#316 (15)#45 (534)#97 (76)#86 (57)
2014#230 (1,439)#389 (113)#222 (21)#314 (5)#184 (29)#35 (614)#94 (72)#91 (59)
2013#241 (1,327)#298 (158)#163 (29)#234 (8)#246 (21)#38 (541)——
2012#306 (1,045)#331 (148)#151 (31)#229 (8)#354 (14)#46 (477)#94 (77)#86 (63)
2011#375 (856)#312 (157)#188 (24)#277 (6)#414 (11)#56 (438)#97 (77)#96 (52)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1900 at #25.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2025, 47% of US babies named Charlie were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 690 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 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 690common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 160very common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 120very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 67very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 110very common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 340common
USGirls2025about 1 in 740common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 290common

Next year

On its recent trend, Charlie is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 630 to 1 in 780.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Charlie by state, 2025Alaska: #85AKMaine: #91MEWisconsin: #93WIVermont: #57VTNew Hampshire: #145NHWashington: #139WAIdaho: #125IDMontana: #127MTNorth Dakota: #152NDMinnesota: #64MNIllinois: #118ILMichigan: #108MINew York: #169NYMassachusetts: #82MAOregon: #119ORNevada: #267NVWyoming: #72WYSouth Dakota: #77SDIowa: #108IAIndiana: #154INOhio: #175OHPennsylvania: #196PANew Jersey: #244NJConnecticut: #128CTRhode Island: #112RICalifornia: #171CAUtah: #72UTColorado: #161CONebraska: #116NEMissouri: #129MOKentucky: #110KYWest Virginia: #183WVVirginia: #167VAMaryland: #243MDDelaware: #168DEArizona: #155AZNew Mexico: #213NMKansas: #175KSArkansas: #221ARTennessee: #130TNNorth Carolina: #154NCSouth Carolina: #136SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #175OKLouisiana: #158LAMississippi: #126MSAlabama: #120ALGeorgia: #136GAHawaii: #214HITexas: #202TXFlorida: #159FL
Charlie (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
Ontario2024#71166
Quebec2025#9374

Charlie (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
CharlieCanadaGirls#33516
CharlieCanadaBoys#52464
CharlieEngland & WalesGirls#74749
Charlie-England & WalesGirls—too few
CharlieEngland & WalesBoys#221,679
CharlieIrelandGirls#35211
CharlieIrelandBoys#13225
CharlieNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
CharlieNorthern IrelandBoys#4123
CharlieNSWGirls—too few
CharlieNSWBoys#12280
CharlieScotlandGirls#32410
CharlieScotlandBoys#16167
CharlieUSGirls#1332,160
CharlieUSBoys#1452,460
CharlieVICGirls—too few
CharlieVICBoys#6328