girls:
1.2k births since 1997
#4509 (21st percentile)
boys:
2.4k births since 1914
#2568 (44th percentile)
overall:
3.6k births since 1914
#4547 (41st percentile)
The name Charleston is the #4,547 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,631 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 41.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 41.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,568 (44.0% percentile) for all time with 2,421 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #4,509 (21.1% percentile) for all time with 1,210 births since 1997.
Charleston first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1997 for girls). Birth data for Charleston is available in 94 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (94 years for boys and 27 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Charleston has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (66.7% of all recorded births). In 2023, 39.2% of babies named Charleston were boys. Interestingly, until around 2015, the name was more popular for boys (87.3% boys from 1914 to 2014), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (64.0% girls from 2015 to 2023).
For boys, Charleston reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 9.2% percentile (ranked #822) with 43 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 43 births per million (ranked 9.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Charleston ranks #887 for boys (2.6% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 36.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Charleston reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 25.8% percentile (ranked #713) with 131 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 131 births per million (ranked 25.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Charleston ranks #907 for girls (4.2% percentile) with 26 births per million, which is 19.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Charleston".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Charleston. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 60.0% confident that Charleston is pronounced as CHAHRL-stuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAHR-lztuhn, at 12.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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