Is Charity a boy or girl name?
Charity is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 95 girls and 0 boys were named Charity, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.9% of the 35,458 US babies named Charity were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #2,037
- Babies named Charity since 1880
- 35,458
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 1,428 babies
Boys and girls named Charity, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 323 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 400 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 416 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 658 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 573 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 385 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 456 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 519 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 1,036 | 100% |
| 1970s | 23 | 9,718 | 99.8% |
| 1980s | 16 | 8,212 | 99.8% |
| 1990s | 0 | 4,980 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 4,751 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 2,382 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 610 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 95 | #2,037 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 118 | #1,740 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 118 | #1,758 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 134 | #1,569 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 145 | #1,478 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 184 | #1,261 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 189 | #1,232 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 197 | #1,220 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 197 | #1,237 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 206 | #1,209 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 247 | #1,052 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 261 | #965 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 276 | #928 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 310 | #848 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 315 | #851 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 316 | #872 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 369 | #790 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 439 | #670 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 435 | #664 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 424 | #655 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 508 | #564 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 534 | #529 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 544 | #506 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 574 | #486 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 608 | #456 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 482 | #525 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 476 | #531 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 464 | #515 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 490 | #487 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 495 | #495 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 484 | #515 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 515 | #488 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 485 | #500 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 553 | #455 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 536 | #458 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 568 | #433 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 648 | #372 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 741 | #330 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,893 | 856 | #288 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,688 | 912 | #274 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 790 | #303 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 813 | #290 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 859 | #284 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,614 | 964 | #255 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 1,061 | #243 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,198 | 1,197 | #219 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,940 | 1,067 | #232 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 1,195 | #211 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,736 | 1,205 | #203 |
| 1975 | 8 | #4,006 | 1,420 | #183 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 1,410 | #186 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 957 | #260 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 583 | #371 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 342 | #536 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 342 | #546 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 234 | #653 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 115 | #967 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 94 | #1,074 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 99 | #1,051 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 86 | #1,148 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 74 | #1,296 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 77 | #1,252 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 81 | #1,226 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 106 | #1,062 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 70 | #1,313 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 55 | #1,452 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 51 | #1,501 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 59 | #1,378 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 57 | #1,381 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 44 | #1,542 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 38 | #1,649 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 56 | #1,300 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 50 | #1,371 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 54 | #1,268 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 55 | #1,241 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 53 | #1,253 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 48 | #1,329 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 52 | #1,256 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 49 | #1,230 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 36 | #1,334 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 39 | #1,277 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 51 | #1,129 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 42 | #1,230 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 44 | #1,121 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 42 | #1,119 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 42 | #1,109 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 40 | #1,145 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 33 | #1,257 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 34 | #1,234 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 46 | #1,018 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 30 | #1,319 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 24 | #1,517 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 48 | #1,017 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 47 | #1,024 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 41 | #1,163 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 41 | #1,160 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 53 | #1,029 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 66 | #917 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 51 | #1,046 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 62 | #946 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 70 | #908 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 53 | #1,039 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 57 | #991 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 57 | #989 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 63 | #915 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 84 | #766 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 75 | #825 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 73 | #807 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 79 | #770 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 75 | #762 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 59 | #750 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 68 | #626 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 55 | #673 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 46 | #637 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 44 | #641 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 32 | #708 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 50 | #511 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 47 | #522 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 53 | #466 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 46 | #499 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 44 | #495 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 32 | #576 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 34 | #561 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 34 | #522 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 44 | #509 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 31 | #537 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 50 | #434 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 43 | #450 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 39 | #462 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 40 | #458 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 41 | #439 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 31 | #488 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 35 | #460 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 37 | #407 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 53 | #351 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 36 | #405 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 47 | #348 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 40 | #339 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 38 | #347 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 21 | #459 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 31 | #359 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 29 | #332 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 30 | #323 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 22 | #348 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 29 | #290 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Charity reached #4,006 in 1975. As a girl name, it reached #183 in 1975. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1970s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Charity
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.