girls:
238 births since 1966
#5478 (4th percentile)
boys:
6 births since 1976
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
244 births since 1966
#7495 (3rd percentile)
The name Charo is the #7,495 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 244 recorded births since 1966. This represents the 3.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,478 (4.1% percentile) for all time with 238 births since 1966. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1976.
Charo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1966 (1966 for girls and 1976 for boys). Birth data for Charo is available in 14 out of the 16 years between 1966 and 1981 (14 years for girls and 1 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 Charo has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Charo reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 5.1% percentile (ranked #721) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 28 births per million (ranked 5.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1981.
For boys, Charo reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #655) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1976.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Charo".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Charo is pronounced as CHAH-roh, which has 2 syllables.
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