girls:
940 births since 1937
#4776 (16th percentile)
boys:
47 births since 2018
#4539 (1st percentile)
overall:
987 births since 1937
#6752 (13th percentile)
The name Charm is the #6,752 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 987 recorded births since 1937. This represents the 12.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,776 (16.4% percentile) for all time with 940 births since 1937. For boys, it ranks #4,539 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 47 births since 2018.
Charm first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1937 (1937 for girls and 2018 for boys). Birth data for Charm is available in 38 out of the 87 years between 1937 and 2023 (38 years for girls and 6 years for boys). 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 Charm has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 88.0% of babies named Charm were girls.
For girls, Charm reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 11.7% percentile (ranked #827) with 64 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 64 births per million (ranked 11.7% percentile). Despite a peak around 1995, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Charm ranks #864 for girls (8.8% percentile) with 50 births per million, which is 79.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Charm reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #904) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Charm is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #904 (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Charm".
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