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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 0.024147594 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 0.015423761 28 4591 -99%
1889 4227 0.014629031 28 4199 -99%
1890 4091 0.01357328 30 4061 -99%
1891 3669 0.012798644 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 0.009374606 19 3557 -99%
1899 3170 0.009344609 23 3147 -99%
1900 4126 0.009163574 28 4098 -99%
1901 3072 0.00888344 23 3049 -99%
1902 3386 0.008755418 25 3361 -99%
1903 3232 0.008478444 19 3213 -99%
1904 3430 0.008500936 24 3406 -99%
1905 3630 0.008562836 22 3608 -99%
1906 3631 0.008474715 24 3607 -99%
1907 3904 0.008388627 20 3884 -99%
1908 3959 0.008101881 30 3929 -98%
1909 4058 0.007937812 29 4029 -99%
1910 4816 0.008152873 32 4784 -99%
1911 5765 0.008947987 40 5725 -99%
1912 11137 0.011271583 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 0.012269841 123 23612 -99%
1917 24267 0.012092657 124 24143 -99%
1918 27065 0.012465973 144 26921 -99%
1919 25321 0.011999046 129 25192 -99%
1920 28472 0.012583476 163 28309 -99%
1921 29418 0.012601392 176 29242 -99%
1922 29039 0.012685483 199 28840 -99%
1923 29125 0.012649328 159 28966 -99%
1924 30647 0.012868126 186 30461 -99%
1925 29795 0.012769354 216 29579 -99%
1926 29747 0.012956597 225 29522 -98%
1927 32243 0.01390171 303 31940 -98%
1928 31515 0.013939133 271 31244 -98%
1929 30190 0.013771748 262 29928 -98%
1930 32106 0.014440826 237 31869 -99%
1931 30143 0.014324152 212 29931 -99%
1932 31288 0.014819565 197 31091 -99%
1933 29198 0.014603322 209 28989 -99%
1934 29960 0.014426276 168 29792 -99%
1935 30130 0.014417517 149 29981 -99%
1936 29227 0.014068182 133 29094 -99%
1937 30699 0.014408455 176 30523 -99%
1938 31295 0.01414423 144 31151 -99%
1939 30933 0.014038727 149 30784 -99%
1940 31825 0.013821338 140 31685 -99%
1941 32896 0.013502221 155 32741 -99%
1942 36014 0.013183606 163 35851 -99%
1943 36806 0.013040185 176 36630 -99%
1944 34803 0.012937885 142 34661 -99%
1945 32592 0.01228566 125 32467 -99%
1946 38344 0.01200032 134 38210 -99%
1947 40911 0.011357157 138 40773 -99%
1948 38835 0.011248436 150 38685 -99%
1949 40187 0.01153237 143 40044 -99%
1950 39252 0.011203961 154 39098 -99%
1951 39559 0.010738742 151 39408 -99%
1952 38991 0.010266101 121 38870 -99%
1953 38561 0.010006464 138 38423 -99%
1954 37590 0.009443039 126 37464 -99%
1955 35517 0.008845927 148 35369 -99%
1956 35392 0.008583864 156 35236 -99%
1957 34434 0.008193706 153 34281 -99%
1958 32357 0.007829379 128 32229 -99%
1959 30934 0.007441922 150 30784 -99%
1960 29796 0.007172343 133 29663 -99%
1961 29317 0.007079817 119 29198 -99%
1962 27701 0.006865098 120 27581 -99%
1963 26910 0.006797875 138 26772 -99%
1964 26031 0.006695779 129 25902 -99%
1965 23627 0.006516669 132 23495 -99%
1966 22385 0.006440557 131 22254 -99%
1967 21416 0.006308082 122 21294 -99%
1968 21705 0.00642434 130 21575 -99%
1969 21800 0.006272215 135 21665 -99%
1970 22569 0.006257297 148 22421 -99%
1971 20002 0.00582727 146 19856 -99%
1972 17095 0.005438519 122 16973 -99%
1973 15873 0.005260976 117 15756 -99%
1974 15253 0.005017094 102 15151 -99%
1975 14710 0.004871296 129 14581 -98%
1976 14032 0.004623951 106 13926 -98%
1977 14829 0.004668047 88 14741 -99%
1978 14969 0.004715847 118 14851 -98%
1979 14945 0.004491612 130 14815 -98%
1980 15081 0.004377854 116 14965 -98%
1981 14534 0.004201078 102 14432 -99%
1982 14439 0.004115809 124 14315 -98%
1983 13337 0.003850796 121 13216 -98%
1984 13055 0.003742043 112 12943 -98%
1985 13002 0.003643023 106 12896 -98%
1986 12709 0.003573004 85 12624 -99%
1987 12260 0.003400418 82 12178 -99%
1988 12199 0.003301704 91 12108 -99%
1989 12307 0.003201361 60 12247 -99%
1990 12041 0.00304673 42 11999 -99%
1991 11366 0.002918109 34 11332 -99%
1992 10500 0.002733689 32 10468 -99%
1993 9884 0.002621762 28 9856 -99%
1994 9035 0.002430491 19 9016 -100%
1995 8499 0.002320935 22 8477 -99%
1996 8266 0.002266571 19 8247 -100%
1997 7669 0.002115278 15 7654 -100%
1998 7859 0.00213677 11 7848 -100%
1999 7536 0.002040277 11 7525 -100%
2000 7538 0.001994381 14 7524 -100%
2001 7300 0.001950258 17 7283 -100%
2002 7215 0.001930283 7 7208 -100%
2003 7702 0.002025904 8 7694 -100%
2004 7706 0.002017088 54 7652 -99%
2005 7947 0.002067288 16 7931 -100%
2006 8027 0.00202942 14 8013 -100%
2007 7463 0.001867315 12 7451 -100%
2008 7305 0.001859049 19 7286 -99%
2009 7283 0.001907132 7283 -100%
2010 7111 0.001924791 8 7103 -100%
2011 6993 0.001912585 9 6984 -100%
2012 6954 0.001902228 15 6939 -100%
2013 7038 0.001931579 15 7023 -100%
2014 7371 0.001989911 15 7356 -100%
2015 7209 0.001949228 9 7200 -100%
2016 7139 0.001947428 17 7122 -100%
2017 7194 0.00201357 12 7182 -100%
2018 6666 0.001898199 13 6653 -100%
2019 6405 0.001848047 9 6396 -100%
2020 6244 0.001872836 13 6231 -100%
2021 5988 0.001771748 5 5983 -100%
2022 5898 0.001754367 9 5889 -100%