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How popular is “Charles” in the USA?

Number of people named “Charles” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Charles” by birth year

This chart shows how “Charles” 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
1880 5359 0.026597645 11 5348 -100%
1881 4653 0.024147846 17 4636 -99%
1882 5114 0.023084598 23 5091 -99%
1883 4844 0.022328136 18 4826 -99%
1884 4821 0.019801939 19 4802 -99%
1885 4623 0.019194201 24 4599 -99%
1886 4555 0.017840637 22 4533 -99%
1887 4064 0.01642737 33 4031 -98%
1888 4619 0.01542371 28 4591 -99%
1889 4227 0.014629031 28 4199 -99%
1890 4091 0.01357328 30 4061 -99%
1891 3669 0.012798554 29 3640 -98%
1892 4348 0.013003403 29 4319 -99%
1893 3746 0.01151825 23 3723 -99%
1894 3814 0.011261035 26 3788 -99%
1895 3660 0.010426756 27 3633 -99%
1896 3649 0.01020745 10 3639 -99%
1897 3361 0.009687079 20 3341 -99%
1898 3576 0.009374632 19 3557 -99%
1899 3170 0.009344582 23 3147 -99%
1900 4126 0.009163635 28 4098 -99%
1901 3072 0.00888344 23 3049 -99%
1902 3386 0.008755394 25 3361 -99%
1903 3232 0.008478489 19 3213 -99%
1904 3430 0.008500936 24 3406 -99%
1905 3630 0.008562896 22 3608 -99%
1906 3631 0.008474715 24 3607 -99%
1907 3904 0.008388664 20 3884 -99%
1908 3959 0.00810193 30 3929 -98%
1909 4058 0.007937812 29 4029 -99%
1910 4816 0.008152887 32 4784 -99%
1911 5765 0.008948001 40 5725 -99%
1912 11137 0.01127156 67 11070 -99%
1913 13239 0.011642673 49 13190 -99%
1914 17012 0.012011207 75 16937 -99%
1915 22061 0.012039231 101 21960 -99%
1916 23735 0.012269847 123 23612 -99%
1917 24267 0.012092687 124 24143 -99%
1918 27065 0.012465968 144 26921 -99%
1919 25321 0.011999081 129 25192 -99%
1920 28472 0.012583514 163 28309 -99%
1921 29418 0.012601387 176 29242 -99%
1922 29038 0.012685024 199 28839 -99%
1923 29125 0.012649398 159 28966 -99%
1924 30646 0.012867766 186 30460 -99%
1925 29796 0.012769885 216 29580 -99%
1926 29746 0.012956111 225 29521 -98%
1927 32244 0.013902123 303 31941 -98%
1928 31515 0.013938905 271 31244 -98%
1929 30191 0.013772255 262 29929 -98%
1930 32104 0.014439874 237 31867 -99%
1931 30145 0.01432483 212 29933 -99%
1932 31290 0.014820316 197 31093 -99%
1933 29199 0.014603538 209 28990 -99%
1934 29959 0.014425447 168 29791 -99%
1935 30131 0.014417436 149 29982 -99%
1936 29233 0.014070711 133 29100 -99%
1937 30697 0.014407205 176 30521 -99%
1938 31296 0.014144612 144 31152 -99%
1939 30935 0.014039398 149 30786 -99%
1940 31830 0.013822993 140 31690 -99%
1941 32894 0.013500929 155 32739 -99%
1942 36018 0.013184627 163 35855 -99%
1943 36806 0.01303994 176 36630 -99%
1944 34805 0.012938282 142 34663 -99%
1945 32592 0.012285377 125 32467 -99%
1946 38346 0.012000725 134 38212 -99%
1947 40917 0.011358507 138 40779 -99%
1948 38828 0.011246284 150 38678 -99%
1949 40190 0.011533023 143 40047 -99%
1950 39251 0.011203822 154 39097 -99%
1951 39559 0.010738817 151 39408 -99%
1952 38986 0.010264862 121 38865 -99%
1953 38558 0.010005595 138 38420 -99%
1954 37593 0.009443797 126 37467 -99%
1955 35509 0.008843908 148 35361 -99%
1956 35395 0.008584691 156 35239 -99%
1957 34435 0.008194628 153 34282 -99%
1958 32371 0.007830612 128 32243 -99%
1959 30946 0.007442535 150 30796 -99%
1960 29797 0.007173405 132 29665 -99%
1961 29316 0.007077226 120 29196 -99%
1962 27709 0.006866529 121 27588 -99%
1963 26899 0.006795766 137 26762 -99%
1964 26032 0.006696153 129 25903 -99%
1965 23632 0.006518365 132 23500 -99%
1966 22382 0.006439649 131 22251 -99%
1967 21412 0.006307113 122 21290 -99%
1968 21699 0.006422838 130 21569 -99%
1969 21799 0.006272511 135 21664 -99%
1970 22560 0.006255348 148 22412 -99%
1971 19997 0.005826029 146 19851 -99%
1972 17091 0.005437809 122 16969 -99%
1973 15868 0.005259726 117 15751 -99%
1974 15253 0.005017436 102 15151 -99%
1975 14707 0.004870845 129 14578 -98%
1976 14029 0.004623472 106 13923 -98%
1977 14831 0.004668984 88 14743 -99%
1978 14963 0.004714434 118 14845 -98%
1979 14937 0.00448963 130 14807 -98%
1980 15074 0.004376244 116 14958 -98%
1981 14530 0.004200181 102 14428 -99%
1982 14435 0.004114925 124 14311 -98%
1983 13334 0.003850042 121 13213 -98%
1984 13054 0.003741736 112 12942 -98%
1985 13005 0.003643766 106 12899 -98%
1986 12710 0.003573158 85 12625 -99%
1987 12258 0.003399698 82 12176 -99%
1988 12199 0.00330145 91 12108 -99%
1989 12305 0.003200721 60 12245 -99%
1990 12041 0.003046443 42 11999 -99%
1991 11370 0.002918928 34 11336 -99%
1992 10502 0.002733989 32 10470 -99%
1993 9884 0.002621557 28 9856 -99%
1994 9037 0.002430835 19 9018 -100%
1995 8500 0.002321038 22 8478 -99%
1996 8266 0.002266399 19 8247 -100%
1997 7671 0.002115701 15 7656 -100%
1998 7859 0.002136639 11 7848 -100%
1999 7536 0.002040138 11 7525 -100%
2000 7538 0.001994231 14 7524 -100%
2001 7300 0.001950104 17 7283 -100%
2002 7215 0.001930026 7 7208 -100%
2003 7703 0.002025869 8 7695 -100%
2004 7706 0.00201679 54 7652 -99%
2005 7948 0.002067183 16 7932 -100%
2006 8027 0.002028973 14 8013 -100%
2007 7464 0.001867082 12 7452 -100%
2008 7307 0.001858973 19 7288 -99%
2009 7284 0.001906719 7284 -100%
2010 7113 0.001924649 8 7105 -100%
2011 6994 0.001912082 9 6985 -100%
2012 6960 0.001903008 15 6945 -100%
2013 7040 0.00193106 15 7025 -100%
2014 7375 0.001989814 15 7360 -100%
2015 7213 0.001948979 9 7204 -100%
2016 7142 0.00194674 17 7125 -100%
2017 7201 0.002013593 12 7189 -100%
2018 6676 0.001898804 13 6663 -100%
2019 6412 0.001847342 9 6403 -100%
2020 6256 0.00187273 13 6243 -100%
2021 6008 0.001773344 5 6003 -100%
2022 5943 0.001756655 9 5934 -100%
2023 5424 0.001638079 9 5415 -100%
2024 5601 0.001682739 8 5593 -100%