Is Charlie a boy or girl name?
Charlie is used for both boys and girls in close to equal numbers in the US. In 2024, 2,109 girls and 2,084 boys were named Charlie, so 50.3% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 17.4% of the 219,996 US babies named Charlie were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #176
- Girl rank, 2024
- #140
- Babies named Charlie since 1880
- 219,996
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 4,447 babies
Boys and girls named Charlie, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7,091 | 83 | 1.2% |
| 1890s | 7,261 | 184 | 2.5% |
| 1900s | 7,928 | 347 | 4.2% |
| 1910s | 19,834 | 1,138 | 5.4% |
| 1920s | 25,176 | 1,831 | 6.8% |
| 1930s | 19,154 | 1,491 | 7.2% |
| 1940s | 18,264 | 1,211 | 6.2% |
| 1950s | 15,282 | 774 | 4.8% |
| 1960s | 10,043 | 347 | 3.3% |
| 1970s | 6,368 | 380 | 5.6% |
| 1980s | 5,467 | 809 | 12.9% |
| 1990s | 4,912 | 1,216 | 19.8% |
| 2000s | 8,367 | 2,709 | 24.5% |
| 2010s | 16,490 | 14,516 | 46.8% |
| 2020s | 10,169 | 11,154 | 52.3% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2,084 | #176 | 2,109 | #140 |
| 2023 | 2,099 | #175 | 2,244 | #125 |
| 2022 | 2,107 | #178 | 2,340 | #123 |
| 2021 | 2,008 | #188 | 2,222 | #127 |
| 2020 | 1,871 | #204 | 2,239 | #122 |
| 2019 | 1,832 | #211 | 2,086 | #132 |
| 2018 | 1,730 | #218 | 1,850 | #153 |
| 2017 | 1,793 | #213 | 1,913 | #155 |
| 2016 | 1,711 | #227 | 1,767 | #185 |
| 2015 | 1,674 | #231 | 1,562 | #207 |
| 2014 | 1,696 | #225 | 1,439 | #230 |
| 2013 | 1,565 | #233 | 1,327 | #240 |
| 2012 | 1,537 | #233 | 1,045 | #306 |
| 2011 | 1,521 | #236 | 856 | #375 |
| 2010 | 1,431 | #245 | 671 | #460 |
| 2009 | 1,255 | #274 | 490 | #616 |
| 2008 | 1,090 | #306 | 405 | #737 |
| 2007 | 956 | #334 | 367 | #785 |
| 2006 | 931 | #337 | 355 | #777 |
| 2005 | 934 | #329 | 257 | #959 |
| 2004 | 812 | #350 | 223 | #1,038 |
| 2003 | 709 | #368 | 175 | #1,213 |
| 2002 | 599 | #416 | 170 | #1,199 |
| 2001 | 553 | #439 | 138 | #1,379 |
| 2000 | 528 | #450 | 129 | #1,427 |
| 1999 | 548 | #427 | 136 | #1,321 |
| 1998 | 495 | #453 | 132 | #1,331 |
| 1997 | 470 | #465 | 135 | #1,294 |
| 1996 | 459 | #477 | 137 | #1,270 |
| 1995 | 510 | #447 | 118 | #1,393 |
| 1994 | 447 | #477 | 111 | #1,435 |
| 1993 | 441 | #479 | 104 | #1,507 |
| 1992 | 487 | #451 | 92 | #1,646 |
| 1991 | 518 | #430 | 131 | #1,279 |
| 1990 | 537 | #423 | 120 | #1,334 |
| 1989 | 522 | #408 | 86 | #1,617 |
| 1988 | 502 | #397 | 121 | #1,232 |
| 1987 | 533 | #366 | 109 | #1,283 |
| 1986 | 537 | #351 | 108 | #1,254 |
| 1985 | 548 | #344 | 79 | #1,536 |
| 1984 | 541 | #345 | 74 | #1,538 |
| 1983 | 556 | #334 | 43 | #2,244 |
| 1982 | 517 | #353 | 57 | #1,879 |
| 1981 | 615 | #308 | 61 | #1,811 |
| 1980 | 596 | #322 | 71 | #1,624 |
| 1979 | 697 | #289 | 71 | #1,597 |
| 1978 | 660 | #289 | 62 | #1,690 |
| 1977 | 609 | #310 | 81 | #1,384 |
| 1976 | 566 | #310 | 59 | #1,662 |
| 1975 | 565 | #315 | 25 | #2,891 |
| 1974 | 553 | #322 | 19 | #3,447 |
| 1973 | 612 | #296 | 20 | #3,247 |
| 1972 | 641 | #289 | 10 | #5,156 |
| 1971 | 696 | #290 | 12 | #4,581 |
| 1970 | 769 | #273 | 21 | #3,124 |
| 1969 | 772 | #268 | 24 | #2,712 |
| 1968 | 740 | #267 | 25 | #2,493 |
| 1967 | 804 | #249 | 32 | #2,083 |
| 1966 | 836 | #250 | 31 | #2,099 |
| 1965 | 964 | #236 | 29 | #2,212 |
| 1964 | 1,070 | #229 | 33 | #2,076 |
| 1963 | 1,163 | #221 | 43 | #1,758 |
| 1962 | 1,223 | #220 | 41 | #1,787 |
| 1961 | 1,224 | #225 | 44 | #1,720 |
| 1960 | 1,247 | #221 | 45 | #1,673 |
| 1959 | 1,415 | #204 | 51 | #1,519 |
| 1958 | 1,427 | #196 | 55 | #1,435 |
| 1957 | 1,453 | #193 | 72 | #1,239 |
| 1956 | 1,530 | #185 | 74 | #1,210 |
| 1955 | 1,436 | #184 | 71 | #1,187 |
| 1954 | 1,460 | #181 | 83 | #1,078 |
| 1953 | 1,534 | #174 | 80 | #1,078 |
| 1952 | 1,663 | #161 | 84 | #1,022 |
| 1951 | 1,686 | #153 | 102 | #902 |
| 1950 | 1,678 | #151 | 102 | #877 |
| 1949 | 1,833 | #146 | 115 | #814 |
| 1948 | 1,902 | #144 | 113 | #816 |
| 1947 | 1,914 | #145 | 117 | #809 |
| 1946 | 1,787 | #135 | 113 | #771 |
| 1945 | 1,725 | #128 | 111 | #708 |
| 1944 | 1,881 | #120 | 132 | #639 |
| 1943 | 1,835 | #122 | 147 | #623 |
| 1942 | 1,869 | #118 | 118 | #686 |
| 1941 | 1,756 | #115 | 111 | #670 |
| 1940 | 1,762 | #111 | 134 | #602 |
| 1939 | 1,748 | #112 | 136 | #575 |
| 1938 | 1,801 | #112 | 140 | #581 |
| 1937 | 1,757 | #110 | 161 | #519 |
| 1936 | 1,837 | #103 | 130 | #578 |
| 1935 | 1,926 | #100 | 128 | #565 |
| 1934 | 1,892 | #100 | 135 | #554 |
| 1933 | 1,978 | #95 | 161 | #504 |
| 1932 | 2,127 | #90 | 161 | #515 |
| 1931 | 1,975 | #94 | 160 | #517 |
| 1930 | 2,113 | #91 | 179 | #498 |
| 1929 | 2,185 | #87 | 185 | #495 |
| 1928 | 2,463 | #80 | 188 | #502 |
| 1927 | 2,512 | #80 | 201 | #493 |
| 1926 | 2,446 | #81 | 200 | #493 |
| 1925 | 2,578 | #78 | 182 | #529 |
| 1924 | 2,507 | #80 | 175 | #551 |
| 1923 | 2,471 | #79 | 183 | #520 |
| 1922 | 2,655 | #72 | 181 | #521 |
| 1921 | 2,574 | #76 | 139 | #626 |
| 1920 | 2,785 | #70 | 197 | #491 |
| 1919 | 2,891 | #66 | 199 | #473 |
| 1918 | 2,743 | #70 | 178 | #518 |
| 1917 | 2,536 | #67 | 151 | #546 |
| 1916 | 2,416 | #68 | 119 | #620 |
| 1915 | 2,193 | #75 | 126 | #576 |
| 1914 | 1,906 | #65 | 101 | #557 |
| 1913 | 1,618 | #62 | 76 | #587 |
| 1912 | 1,446 | #57 | 79 | #550 |
| 1911 | 978 | #45 | 44 | #652 |
| 1910 | 1,107 | #34 | 65 | #504 |
| 1909 | 833 | #36 | 39 | #625 |
| 1908 | 740 | #37 | 43 | #567 |
| 1907 | 793 | #35 | 43 | #555 |
| 1906 | 744 | #34 | 28 | #691 |
| 1905 | 801 | #34 | 39 | #557 |
| 1904 | 739 | #33 | 28 | #655 |
| 1903 | 739 | #32 | 37 | #531 |
| 1902 | 761 | #30 | 35 | #547 |
| 1901 | 654 | #31 | 28 | #591 |
| 1900 | 1,124 | #25 | 27 | #691 |
| 1899 | 678 | #31 | 33 | #516 |
| 1898 | 728 | #33 | 23 | #681 |
| 1897 | 714 | #30 | 23 | #646 |
| 1896 | 714 | #32 | 14 | #876 |
| 1895 | 767 | #27 | 17 | #775 |
| 1894 | 704 | #30 | 17 | #720 |
| 1893 | 691 | #30 | 10 | #965 |
| 1892 | 761 | #28 | 19 | #668 |
| 1891 | 707 | #23 | 16 | #672 |
| 1890 | 797 | #21 | 12 | #794 |
| 1889 | 685 | #29 | 11 | #807 |
| 1888 | 796 | #22 | 13 | #729 |
| 1887 | 642 | #24 | 11 | #696 |
| 1886 | 723 | #22 | 11 | #697 |
| 1885 | 705 | #23 | 9 | #753 |
| 1884 | 746 | #24 | 7 | #867 |
| 1883 | 643 | #22 | 10 | #617 |
| 1882 | 753 | #21 | 6 | #829 |
| 1881 | 668 | #20 | 5 | #847 |
| 1880 | 730 | #21 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Charlie reached #20 in 1881. As a girl name, it reached #122 in 2020. 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 2020s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Charlie
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.