NameTides

Charly

Charly was the #3,249 girls' name in the US in 2025 (48 babies), and #1,882 in Canada.

Charly as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Charly 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Charly 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#3,249 (48)————#1,882 (12)
2024#2,265 (82)————#2,102 (10)
2023#2,891 (58)————#1,312 (18)
2022#2,006 (97)————#1,362 (17)
2021#2,345 (77)————#1,185 (21)
2020#2,115 (86)—#765 (3)——#1,249 (19)
2019#2,231 (82)#4,686 (4)———#1,138 (22)
2018#2,711 (63)#4,684 (4)———#1,376 (17)
2017#2,597 (67)————#1,382 (17)
2016#2,221 (86)————#1,463 (16)
2015#2,294 (81)#4,736 (4)———#1,363 (17)
2014#1,853 (109)#4,684 (4)———#1,530 (15)
2013#2,508 (71)#4,739 (4)———#1,599 (14)
2012#2,028 (95)#3,285 (7)#815 (3)——#999 (26)
2011#2,346 (79)#2,025 (13)———#1,056 (24)

Charly as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Charly as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Charly as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesNorthern IrelandCanada
2025#5,608 (16)——#782 (34)
2024#3,161 (38)——#1,056 (23)
2023#3,712 (30)#4,992 (3)—#738 (34)
2022#2,873 (44)#4,790 (3)—#763 (33)
2021#3,651 (30)——#513 (56)
2020#3,418 (32)#4,608 (3)—#639 (40)
2019#4,003 (26)#2,266 (9)—#698 (36)
2018#3,524 (31)——#653 (39)
2017#4,594 (21)#4,812 (3)—#651 (39)
2016#4,624 (21)#4,023 (4)—#793 (31)
2015#3,982 (26)#3,004 (6)—#1,041 (20)
2014#3,693 (28)#3,362 (5)—#898 (25)
2013#3,189 (34)#3,315 (5)—#726 (33)
2012#3,371 (32)#2,270 (9)—#837 (27)
2011#3,364 (32)#2,194 (9)—#722 (32)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #1,853.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.
  • In 2025, 75% of US babies named Charly were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 33,000 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 33,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
USBoys2025about 1 in 110,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Charly is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 32,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 19,000 to 1 in 52,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Charly 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: fewer than 5 babiesMINew 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: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,767CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Charly (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
Quebec2025#5917

Charly (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
CharlyCanadaGirls#1,88212
CharlyCanadaBoys#78234
CharlyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
CharlyEngland & WalesBoys—too few
CharlyIrelandGirls—too few
CharlyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CharlyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
CharlyScotlandGirls—too few
CharlyUSGirls#3,24948
CharlyUSBoys#5,60816