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How popular is “Charles” in the USA?

Number of people named “Charles” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Charles” 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 “Charles” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Charles” by birth year

This chart shows how “Charles” 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 5359 0.026597645 11 5348 -100%
1881 4653 0.024147846 17 4636 -99%
1882 5114 0.023084598 23 5091 -99%
1883 4844 0.022328241 18 4826 -99%
1884 4821 0.019801939 19 4802 -99%
1885 4623 0.019194201 24 4599 -99%
1886 4555 0.017840566 22 4533 -99%
1887 4064 0.016427305 33 4031 -98%
1888 4619 0.01542371 28 4591 -99%
1889 4227 0.014629031 28 4199 -99%
1890 4091 0.01357328 30 4061 -99%
1891 3669 0.012798599 29 3640 -98%
1892 4348 0.013003403 29 4319 -99%
1893 3746 0.01151825 23 3723 -99%
1894 3814 0.011261035 26 3788 -99%
1895 3660 0.010426726 27 3633 -99%
1896 3649 0.01020745 10 3639 -99%
1897 3361 0.009687079 20 3341 -99%
1898 3576 0.009374632 19 3557 -99%
1899 3170 0.009344582 23 3147 -99%
1900 4126 0.009163614 28 4098 -99%
1901 3072 0.00888344 23 3049 -99%
1902 3386 0.008755394 25 3361 -99%
1903 3232 0.008478444 19 3213 -99%
1904 3430 0.008500936 24 3406 -99%
1905 3630 0.008562855 22 3608 -99%
1906 3631 0.008474715 24 3607 -99%
1907 3904 0.008388645 20 3884 -99%
1908 3959 0.008101913 30 3929 -98%
1909 4058 0.007937812 29 4029 -99%
1910 4816 0.008152887 32 4784 -99%
1911 5765 0.008948001 40 5725 -99%
1912 11137 0.011271572 67 11070 -99%
1913 13239 0.011642663 49 13190 -99%
1914 17012 0.012011189 75 16937 -99%
1915 22061 0.012039205 101 21960 -99%
1916 23735 0.012269859 123 23612 -99%
1917 24267 0.012092687 124 24143 -99%
1918 27065 0.012465962 144 26921 -99%
1919 25321 0.01199907 129 25192 -99%
1920 28472 0.012583514 163 28309 -99%
1921 29418 0.012601397 176 29242 -99%
1922 29038 0.01268503 199 28839 -99%
1923 29125 0.012649382 159 28966 -99%
1924 30647 0.01286817 186 30461 -99%
1925 29795 0.012769441 216 29579 -99%
1926 29746 0.012956156 225 29521 -98%
1927 32244 0.013902105 303 31941 -98%
1928 31514 0.013938555 271 31243 -98%
1929 30191 0.013772312 262 29929 -98%
1930 32104 0.014439874 237 31867 -99%
1931 30145 0.014324972 212 29933 -99%
1932 31289 0.014819934 197 31092 -99%
1933 29199 0.014603647 209 28990 -99%
1934 29959 0.014425545 168 29791 -99%
1935 30131 0.01441763 149 29982 -99%
1936 29231 0.014069864 133 29098 -99%
1937 30697 0.014407462 176 30521 -99%
1938 31296 0.014144625 144 31152 -99%
1939 30933 0.014038606 149 30784 -99%
1940 31826 0.013821545 140 31686 -99%
1941 32897 0.013502421 155 32742 -99%
1942 36017 0.01318455 163 35854 -99%
1943 36804 0.013039245 176 36628 -99%
1944 34804 0.012938021 142 34662 -99%
1945 32591 0.01228519 125 32466 -99%
1946 38347 0.012001154 134 38213 -99%
1947 40912 0.011357315 138 40774 -99%
1948 38830 0.011246903 150 38680 -99%
1949 40190 0.011533145 143 40047 -99%
1950 39250 0.011203505 154 39096 -99%
1951 39558 0.010738598 151 39407 -99%
1952 38992 0.01026644 121 38871 -99%
1953 38553 0.010004381 138 38415 -99%
1954 37591 0.009443352 126 37465 -99%
1955 35511 0.008844513 148 35363 -99%
1956 35397 0.008585175 156 35241 -99%
1957 34430 0.008193596 153 34277 -99%
1958 32371 0.007829959 128 32243 -99%
1959 30944 0.007444329 150 30794 -99%
1960 29798 0.007173463 133 29665 -99%
1961 29316 0.007077821 119 29197 -99%
1962 27703 0.00686598 120 27583 -99%
1963 26902 0.006796297 138 26764 -99%
1964 26033 0.006696481 129 25904 -99%
1965 23630 0.006517756 132 23498 -99%
1966 22384 0.006440381 131 22253 -99%
1967 21413 0.006307434 122 21291 -99%
1968 21701 0.006423525 130 21571 -99%
1969 21802 0.006273327 135 21667 -99%
1970 22560 0.006255369 148 22412 -99%
1971 19997 0.00582615 146 19851 -99%
1972 17090 0.005437449 122 16968 -99%
1973 15869 0.005260119 117 15752 -99%
1974 15249 0.005016118 102 15147 -99%
1975 14708 0.00487121 129 14579 -98%
1976 14028 0.004623124 106 13922 -98%
1977 14830 0.00466879 88 14742 -99%
1978 14965 0.004715138 118 14847 -98%
1979 14940 0.004490585 130 14810 -98%
1980 15076 0.004376845 116 14960 -98%
1981 14529 0.004199941 102 14427 -99%
1982 14435 0.00411495 124 14311 -98%
1983 13334 0.003850112 121 13213 -98%
1984 13055 0.003742129 112 12943 -98%
1985 13004 0.003643623 106 12898 -98%
1986 12709 0.003573009 85 12624 -99%
1987 12257 0.003399538 82 12175 -99%
1988 12197 0.003301071 91 12106 -99%
1989 12307 0.003201336 60 12247 -99%
1990 12041 0.003046621 42 11999 -99%
1991 11366 0.002918034 34 11332 -99%
1992 10500 0.002733606 32 10468 -99%
1993 9884 0.002621657 28 9856 -99%
1994 9036 0.002430678 19 9017 -100%
1995 8500 0.002321123 22 8478 -99%
1996 8266 0.002266493 19 8247 -100%
1997 7669 0.002115218 15 7654 -100%
1998 7859 0.002136708 11 7848 -100%
1999 7536 0.002040204 11 7525 -100%
2000 7538 0.00199429 14 7524 -100%
2001 7300 0.001950169 17 7283 -100%
2002 7215 0.001930108 7 7208 -100%
2003 7702 0.002025767 8 7694 -100%
2004 7706 0.002016943 54 7652 -99%
2005 7947 0.002067083 16 7931 -100%
2006 8027 0.002029175 14 8013 -100%
2007 7463 0.00186703 12 7451 -100%
2008 7305 0.001858732 19 7286 -99%
2009 7283 0.001906797 7283 -100%
2010 7112 0.001924687 8 7104 -100%
2011 6993 0.001912143 9 6984 -100%
2012 6959 0.00190311 15 6944 -100%
2013 7039 0.001931243 15 7024 -100%
2014 7374 0.00199006 15 7359 -100%
2015 7212 0.001949269 9 7203 -100%
2016 7142 0.001947364 17 7125 -100%
2017 7197 0.002013306 12 7185 -100%
2018 6671 0.001898325 13 6658 -100%
2019 6411 0.001848194 9 6402 -100%
2020 6252 0.001873065 13 6239 -100%
2021 6002 0.001773281 5 5997 -100%
2022 5937 0.001757231 9 5928 -100%
2023 5404 0.001638944 9 5395 -100%