Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Charlie

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Charlie
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1919

Peak rank proxy

2,891

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19192024

Peak year

1919

Decline from peak

27.9%

2024

2,084

All-time

181,806

Charlie has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1919, when 2,891 boys were named Charlie.

In 2024, only 2,084 boys were given the name.

Down 27.9% from its peak.

All told, about 181,806 Americans have been named Charlie and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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