girls:
2.4k births since 1975
#3543 (38th percentile)
boys:
1.3k births since 1884
#3350 (27th percentile)
overall:
3.6k births since 1884
#4540 (41st percentile)
The name Charly is the #4,540 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,646 recorded births since 1884. This represents the 41.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 41.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,543 (38.0% percentile) for all time with 2,386 births since 1975. For boys, it ranks #3,350 (26.9% percentile) for all time with 1,260 births since 1884.
Charly first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1884 (1884 for boys and 1975 for girls). Birth data for Charly is available in 63 out of the 140 years between 1884 and 2023 (61 years for boys and 49 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 Charly has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (65.4% of all recorded births). In 2023, 65.9% of babies named Charly were girls. Interestingly, until around 1977, the name was more popular for boys (87.9% boys from 1884 to 1976), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (66.9% girls from 1977 to 2023).
For girls, Charly reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 10.8% percentile (ranked #863) with 56 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 56 births per million (ranked 10.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Charly ranks #894 for girls (5.6% percentile) with 33 births per million, which is 59.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Charly reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 6.3% percentile (ranked #794) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 1890, with 50 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Charly ranks #886 for boys (2.7% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 32.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Charly".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Charly is pronounced as CHAHR-lee, which has 2 syllables.
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