How popular is “Charleston” in the USA?

Number of people named “Charleston” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Charleston” by birth year

This chart shows how “Charleston” 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
1914	5	0.00000353		5	-100%
1917	5	0.000002492		5	-100%
1918	6	0.000002764		6	-100%
1919	6	0.000002843		6	-100%
1920	9	0.000003978		9	-100%
1921	9	0.000003855		9	-100%
1922	6	0.000002621		6	-100%
1923	7	0.00000304		7	-100%
1924	12	0.000005039		12	-100%
1925	8	0.000003429		8	-100%
1927	6	0.000002587		6	-100%
1928	7	0.000003096		7	-100%
1932	5	0.000002368		5	-100%
1933	6	0.000003001		6	-100%
1935	6	0.000002871		6	-100%
1937	6	0.000002816		6	-100%
1940	7	0.00000304		7	-100%
1941	5	0.000002052		5	-100%
1943	6	0.000002126		6	-100%
1946	6	0.000001878		6	-100%
1949	8	0.000002296		8	-100%
1950	8	0.000002284		8	-100%
1951	11	0.000002986		11	-100%
1953	10	0.000002595		10	-100%
1954	10	0.000002512		10	-100%
1955	16	0.000003985		16	-100%
1956	10	0.000002425		10	-100%
1957	10	0.00000238		10	-100%
1958	10	0.000002419		10	-100%
1959	14	0.000003367		14	-100%
1960	11	0.000002648		11	-100%
1961	12	0.000002897		12	-100%
1962	6	0.000001487		6	-100%
1963	18	0.000004548		18	-100%
1964	11	0.00000283		11	-100%
1965	13	0.000003586		13	-100%
1966	14	0.000004028		14	-100%
1967	14	0.000004124		14	-100%
1968	12	0.000003552		12	-100%
1969	14	0.000004028		14	-100%
1970	12	0.000003327		12	-100%
1971	13	0.000003787		13	-100%
1972	13	0.000004136		13	-100%
1973	22	0.000007292		22	-100%
1974	27	0.000008882		27	-100%
1975	20	0.000006624		20	-100%
1976	17	0.000005603		17	-100%
1977	26	0.000008185		26	-100%
1978	25	0.000007877		25	-100%
1979	27	0.000008115		27	-100%
1980	23	0.000006677		23	-100%
1981	31	0.000008961		31	-100%
1982	29	0.000008267		29	-100%
1983	25	0.000007218		25	-100%
1984	38	0.000010892		38	-100%
1985	33	0.000009246		33	-100%
1986	30	0.000008434		30	-100%
1987	38	0.000010539		38	-100%
1988	45	0.000012178		45	-100%
1989	44	0.000011445		44	-100%
1990	46	0.000011638		46	-100%
1991	39	0.000010012		39	-100%
1992	40	0.000010413		40	-100%
1993	39	0.000010344		39	-100%
1994	26	0.000006994		26	-100%
1995	31	0.000008465		31	-100%
1996	31	0.0000085		31	-100%
1997	59	0.000016272	7	52	-76%
1998	45	0.000012234	9	36	-60%
1999	40	0.000010829	6	34	-70%
2000	35	0.000009259	5	30	-71%
2001	48	0.000012823	11	37	-54%
2002	32	0.00000856	10	22	-38%
2003	44	0.000011572	9	35	-59%
2004	43	0.000011254	11	32	-49%
2005	42	0.000010924	8	34	-62%
2006	61	0.000015419	19	42	-38%
2007	61	0.000015259	23	38	-25%
2008	38	0.000009668	11	27	-42%
2009	72	0.000018847	19	53	-47%
2010	66	0.000017858	19	47	-42%
2011	71	0.000019411	20	51	-44%
2012	76	0.00002078	26	50	-32%
2013	74	0.000020298	23	51	-38%
2014	112	0.000030218	41	71	-27%
2015	343	0.00009268	255	88	49%
2016	221	0.000060239	156	65	41%
2017	157	0.000043901	99	58	26%
2018	152	0.000043232	94	58	24%
2019	158	0.000045521	88	70	11%
2020	122	0.000036521	64	58	5%
2021	122	0.00003601	68	54	11%
2022	108	0.000031923	64	44	19%
2023	75	0.00002265	46	29	23%
2024	92	0.00002764	46	46	0%

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