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How popular is “Charity” in the USA?

Number of people named “Charity” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Charity” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Charity” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Charity” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Charity” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Charity” by birth year

This chart shows how “Charity” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 29 0.000143932 29 100%
1881 22 0.000114174 22 100%
1882 30 0.00013542 30 100%
1883 29 0.000133674 29 100%
1884 31 0.00012733 31 100%
1885 21 0.00008719 21 100%
1886 38 0.000148835 38 100%
1887 40 0.000161687 40 100%
1888 47 0.000156942 47 100%
1889 36 0.000124591 36 100%
1890 53 0.000175845 53 100%
1891 37 0.000129067 37 100%
1892 35 0.000104673 35 100%
1893 31 0.000095319 31 100%
1894 41 0.000121055 41 100%
1895 40 0.000113954 40 100%
1896 39 0.000109096 39 100%
1897 43 0.000123935 43 100%
1898 50 0.000131077 50 100%
1899 31 0.000091382 31 100%
1900 44 0.000097722 44 100%
1901 34 0.000098319 34 100%
1902 34 0.000087916 34 100%
1903 32 0.000083945 32 100%
1904 44 0.00010905 44 100%
1905 46 0.000108511 46 100%
1906 53 0.000123701 53 100%
1907 47 0.000100991 47 100%
1908 50 0.000102323 50 100%
1909 32 0.000062595 32 100%
1910 44 0.000074487 44 100%
1911 46 0.000071398 46 100%
1912 55 0.000055665 55 100%
1913 68 0.000059801 68 100%
1914 59 0.000041657 59 100%
1915 75 0.000040929 75 100%
1916 79 0.000040839 79 100%
1917 73 0.000036377 73 100%
1918 75 0.000034545 75 100%
1919 84 0.000039806 84 100%
1920 63 0.000027844 63 100%
1921 57 0.000024416 57 100%
1922 57 0.0000249 57 100%
1923 53 0.000023019 53 100%
1924 70 0.000029392 70 100%
1925 62 0.000026572 62 100%
1926 51 0.000022213 51 100%
1927 66 0.000028456 66 100%
1928 53 0.000023442 53 100%
1929 41 0.000018703 41 100%
1930 41 0.000018441 41 100%
1931 47 0.000022334 47 100%
1932 48 0.000022735 48 100%
1933 24 0.000012003 24 100%
1934 30 0.000014445 30 100%
1935 46 0.000022011 46 100%
1936 34 0.000016365 34 100%
1937 33 0.000015488 33 100%
1938 40 0.000018078 40 100%
1939 42 0.000019061 42 100%
1940 42 0.00001824 42 100%
1941 44 0.000018059 44 100%
1942 42 0.000015374 42 100%
1943 51 0.000018069 51 100%
1944 39 0.000014498 39 100%
1945 36 0.00001357 36 100%
1946 49 0.000015335 49 100%
1947 52 0.000014435 52 100%
1948 48 0.000013903 48 100%
1949 53 0.000015209 53 100%
1950 55 0.000015699 55 100%
1951 54 0.000014659 54 100%
1952 50 0.000013165 50 100%
1953 56 0.000014532 56 100%
1954 38 0.000009546 38 100%
1955 44 0.000010959 44 100%
1956 57 0.000013825 57 100%
1957 59 0.00001404 59 100%
1958 51 0.000012337 51 100%
1959 55 0.000013228 55 100%
1960 70 0.000016852 70 100%
1961 106 0.00002559 106 100%
1962 81 0.000020072 81 100%
1963 77 0.000019453 77 100%
1964 74 0.000019035 74 100%
1965 86 0.000023721 86 100%
1966 99 0.000028484 99 100%
1967 94 0.000027689 94 100%
1968 115 0.00003404 115 100%
1969 234 0.000067332 234 100%
1970 342 0.000094828 342 100%
1971 342 0.00009964 342 100%
1972 583 0.000185492 583 100%
1973 957 0.000317214 957 100%
1974 1410 0.000463816 1410 100%
1975 1428 0.000472943 1420 8 99%
1976 1210 0.000398774 1205 5 99%
1977 1195 0.000376201 1195 100%
1978 1072 0.000337758 1067 5 99%
1979 1202 0.000361286 1197 5 99%
1980 1061 0.000308027 1061 100%
1981 970 0.000280397 964 6 99%
1982 859 0.000244872 859 100%
1983 813 0.000234745 813 100%
1984 790 0.000226442 790 100%
1985 917 0.000256927 912 5 99%
1986 861 0.000242053 856 5 99%
1987 741 0.000205513 741 100%
1988 648 0.00017537 648 100%
1989 568 0.000147746 568 100%
1990 536 0.000135611 536 100%
1991 553 0.000141967 553 100%
1992 485 0.00012626 485 100%
1993 515 0.000136595 515 100%
1994 484 0.00013019 484 100%
1995 495 0.000135166 495 100%
1996 490 0.00013435 490 100%
1997 464 0.000127974 464 100%
1998 476 0.000129411 476 100%
1999 482 0.000130487 482 100%
2000 608 0.000160851 608 100%
2001 574 0.000153337 574 100%
2002 544 0.000145521 544 100%
2003 534 0.000140441 534 100%
2004 508 0.000132952 508 100%
2005 424 0.000110278 424 100%
2006 435 0.000109954 435 100%
2007 439 0.000109814 439 100%
2008 369 0.000093877 369 100%
2009 316 0.000082719 316 100%
2010 315 0.000085233 315 100%
2011 310 0.000084751 310 100%
2012 276 0.000075464 276 100%
2013 261 0.000071592 261 100%
2014 247 0.000066642 247 100%
2015 206 0.000055662 206 100%
2016 197 0.000053698 197 100%
2017 197 0.000055086 197 100%
2018 189 0.000053756 189 100%
2019 184 0.000053012 184 100%
2020 145 0.000043406 145 100%
2021 134 0.000039552 134 100%
2022 118 0.000034879 118 100%
2023 118 0.000035637 118 100%
2024 95 0.000028541 95 100%

Explore other names

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  1. Charith
  2. Charitha
  3. Chariti
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  5. Charito
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  8. Chariyah
  9. Charizma
  10. Charkita
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