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% |