girls:
22 births since 1942
#5694 (0th percentile)
boys:
102 births since 1920
#4484 (2nd percentile)
overall:
124 births since 1920
#7615 (2nd percentile)
The name Charlis is the #7,615 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 124 recorded births since 1920. This represents the 1.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,484 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 102 births since 1920. For girls, it ranks #5,694 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 1942.
Charlis first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1920 (1920 for boys and 1942 for girls). Birth data for Charlis is available in 20 out of the 52 years between 1920 and 1971 (18 years for boys and 4 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 Charlis has been given predominantly to boys, with 82.3% of all recorded births being male. In 1971, 100.0% of babies named Charlis were boys.
For boys, Charlis reached its peak popularity in 1927, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #536) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1927, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1971.
For girls, Charlis reached its peak popularity in 1944, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #620) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1944, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1952.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Charlis".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Charlis. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.9% confident that Charlis is pronounced as CHAHR-lihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAHR-lihs, at 37.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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