Is Charley a boy or girl name?
Charley is mostly a girl name in the US. In 2024, 385 girls and 88 boys were named Charley, so 81.4% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 31.5% of the 34,872 US babies named Charley were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #1,830
- Girl rank, 2024
- #729
- Babies named Charley since 1880
- 34,872
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 719 babies
Boys and girls named Charley, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,550 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 1,755 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 1,633 | 12 | 0.7% |
| 1910s | 3,530 | 79 | 2.2% |
| 1920s | 3,984 | 153 | 3.7% |
| 1930s | 2,423 | 131 | 5.1% |
| 1940s | 1,852 | 102 | 5.2% |
| 1950s | 1,414 | 52 | 3.5% |
| 1960s | 1,021 | 11 | 1.1% |
| 1970s | 727 | 75 | 9.4% |
| 1980s | 625 | 388 | 38.3% |
| 1990s | 440 | 655 | 59.8% |
| 2000s | 631 | 1,727 | 73.2% |
| 2010s | 865 | 5,368 | 86.1% |
| 2020s | 435 | 2,234 | 83.7% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 88 | #1,830 | 385 | #729 |
| 2023 | 96 | #1,728 | 387 | #726 |
| 2022 | 85 | #1,860 | 421 | #700 |
| 2021 | 83 | #1,854 | 480 | #617 |
| 2020 | 83 | #1,801 | 561 | #537 |
| 2019 | 86 | #1,791 | 552 | #551 |
| 2018 | 100 | #1,626 | 553 | #562 |
| 2017 | 96 | #1,648 | 611 | #513 |
| 2016 | 79 | #1,878 | 560 | #558 |
| 2015 | 85 | #1,780 | 603 | #520 |
| 2014 | 78 | #1,874 | 641 | #489 |
| 2013 | 89 | #1,674 | 578 | #515 |
| 2012 | 75 | #1,911 | 484 | #597 |
| 2011 | 85 | #1,732 | 462 | #626 |
| 2010 | 92 | #1,678 | 324 | #828 |
| 2009 | 92 | #1,702 | 279 | #959 |
| 2008 | 77 | #1,878 | 263 | #1,006 |
| 2007 | 80 | #1,815 | 239 | #1,089 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,014 | 225 | #1,112 |
| 2005 | 69 | #1,856 | 192 | #1,192 |
| 2004 | 74 | #1,720 | 168 | #1,274 |
| 2003 | 47 | #2,281 | 122 | #1,582 |
| 2002 | 45 | #2,299 | 93 | #1,901 |
| 2001 | 37 | #2,571 | 73 | #2,217 |
| 2000 | 44 | #2,226 | 73 | #2,177 |
| 1999 | 42 | #2,202 | 78 | #2,001 |
| 1998 | 39 | #2,281 | 90 | #1,752 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,462 | 80 | #1,849 |
| 1996 | 49 | #1,844 | 69 | #2,021 |
| 1995 | 48 | #1,807 | 60 | #2,221 |
| 1994 | 43 | #1,932 | 60 | #2,215 |
| 1993 | 42 | #1,944 | 52 | #2,420 |
| 1992 | 38 | #2,051 | 59 | #2,245 |
| 1991 | 50 | #1,654 | 51 | #2,454 |
| 1990 | 56 | #1,519 | 56 | #2,261 |
| 1989 | 47 | #1,661 | 63 | #2,002 |
| 1988 | 51 | #1,485 | 62 | #1,953 |
| 1987 | 61 | #1,251 | 63 | #1,841 |
| 1986 | 63 | #1,204 | 54 | #2,004 |
| 1985 | 50 | #1,372 | 46 | #2,230 |
| 1984 | 64 | #1,135 | 26 | #3,243 |
| 1983 | 55 | #1,241 | 19 | #3,971 |
| 1982 | 72 | #1,073 | 17 | #4,375 |
| 1981 | 84 | #987 | 23 | #3,543 |
| 1980 | 78 | #1,024 | 15 | #4,761 |
| 1979 | 71 | #1,049 | 17 | #4,253 |
| 1978 | 70 | #1,041 | 18 | #3,939 |
| 1977 | 75 | #992 | 14 | #4,694 |
| 1976 | 57 | #1,126 | 11 | #5,266 |
| 1975 | 65 | #1,020 | 9 | #6,043 |
| 1974 | 72 | #963 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 66 | #996 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 73 | #944 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 84 | #888 | 6 | #7,514 |
| 1970 | 94 | #833 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 96 | #789 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 81 | #821 | 6 | #6,361 |
| 1967 | 76 | #822 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 83 | #800 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 93 | #766 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 101 | #760 | 5 | #6,899 |
| 1963 | 149 | #641 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 109 | #733 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 99 | #775 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 134 | #675 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 137 | #657 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 130 | #669 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 125 | #682 | 9 | #4,252 |
| 1956 | 140 | #641 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 140 | #629 | 7 | #4,808 |
| 1954 | 129 | #646 | 5 | #5,859 |
| 1953 | 138 | #618 | 6 | #5,129 |
| 1952 | 156 | #561 | 6 | #4,999 |
| 1951 | 144 | #578 | 10 | #3,517 |
| 1950 | 175 | #506 | 9 | #3,706 |
| 1949 | 173 | #507 | 11 | #3,216 |
| 1948 | 161 | #522 | 10 | #3,387 |
| 1947 | 188 | #490 | 10 | #3,484 |
| 1946 | 159 | #510 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 156 | #480 | 8 | #3,432 |
| 1944 | 200 | #432 | 12 | #2,645 |
| 1943 | 208 | #432 | 19 | #2,002 |
| 1942 | 198 | #439 | 6 | #4,197 |
| 1941 | 208 | #402 | 13 | #2,419 |
| 1940 | 201 | #404 | 13 | #2,320 |
| 1939 | 192 | #411 | 10 | #2,759 |
| 1938 | 236 | #362 | 13 | #2,358 |
| 1937 | 188 | #414 | 13 | #2,336 |
| 1936 | 238 | #350 | 11 | #2,548 |
| 1935 | 240 | #355 | 19 | #1,793 |
| 1934 | 254 | #343 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1933 | 246 | #342 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1932 | 282 | #328 | 18 | #1,886 |
| 1931 | 258 | #340 | 13 | #2,323 |
| 1930 | 289 | #323 | 11 | #2,713 |
| 1929 | 323 | #307 | 18 | #1,960 |
| 1928 | 321 | #315 | 17 | #2,106 |
| 1927 | 365 | #303 | 14 | #2,446 |
| 1926 | 398 | #288 | 12 | #2,727 |
| 1925 | 350 | #303 | 22 | #1,854 |
| 1924 | 430 | #276 | 16 | #2,328 |
| 1923 | 421 | #277 | 11 | #2,950 |
| 1922 | 435 | #273 | 9 | #3,418 |
| 1921 | 456 | #263 | 16 | #2,302 |
| 1920 | 485 | #249 | 18 | #2,087 |
| 1919 | 470 | #243 | 14 | #2,403 |
| 1918 | 462 | #247 | 8 | #3,561 |
| 1917 | 457 | #237 | 12 | #2,581 |
| 1916 | 461 | #230 | 16 | #2,045 |
| 1915 | 414 | #239 | 12 | #2,415 |
| 1914 | 359 | #224 | 9 | #2,462 |
| 1913 | 278 | #225 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 288 | #200 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 160 | #193 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 181 | #167 | 8 | #1,797 |
| 1909 | 147 | #166 | 5 | #2,264 |
| 1908 | 155 | #153 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 164 | #142 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 157 | #131 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 168 | #130 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 166 | #127 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 126 | #148 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 168 | #113 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 158 | #108 | 7 | #1,365 |
| 1900 | 224 | #103 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 120 | #132 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 170 | #110 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 156 | #112 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 168 | #111 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 178 | #105 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 186 | #99 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 191 | #94 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 210 | #92 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 193 | #82 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 183 | #93 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 199 | #88 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 254 | #77 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 221 | #75 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 214 | #81 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 285 | #65 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 290 | #63 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 254 | #63 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 262 | #67 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 266 | #62 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 305 | #59 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Charley reached #59 in 1880. As a girl name, it reached #489 in 2014. 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 2010s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Charley
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.