girls:
10.5k births since 1975
#1543 (73rd percentile)
boys:
141 births since 1994
#4445 (3rd percentile)
overall:
10.6k births since 1975
#2568 (67th percentile)
The name Charli is the #2,568 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,640 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 66.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 66.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,543 (73.0% percentile) for all time with 10,499 births since 1975. For boys, it ranks #4,445 (3.0% percentile) for all time with 141 births since 1994.
Charli first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for girls and 1994 for boys).
The name Charli has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Charli reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 65.1% percentile (ranked #327) with 472 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 472 births per million (ranked 65.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2002, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Charli ranks #398 for girls (58.0% percentile) with 405 births per million, which is 85.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Charli reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #889) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Charli ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 40.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Charli".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Charli. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Charli is pronounced as CHAHR-lee, which has 2 syllables.
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