# Charley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/charley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈt͡ʃɑː(ɹ).li/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 35,321 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 23,974 / 11,347 (32% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6,385, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 462 | 626 |
| 2012 | 484 | 597 |
| 2013 | 578 | 515 |
| 2014 | 641 | 489 |
| 2015 | 604 | 520 |
| 2016 | 560 | 558 |
| 2017 | 611 | 514 |
| 2018 | 553 | 563 |
| 2019 | 552 | 551 |
| 2020 | 561 | 537 |
| 2021 | 480 | 618 |
| 2022 | 421 | 700 |
| 2023 | 388 | 725 |
| 2024 | 386 | 730 |
| 2025 | 356 | 760 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 85 | 1,732 |
| 2012 | 75 | 1,911 |
| 2013 | 89 | 1,675 |
| 2014 | 78 | 1,875 |
| 2015 | 85 | 1,781 |
| 2016 | 79 | 1,878 |
| 2017 | 96 | 1,649 |
| 2018 | 100 | 1,626 |
| 2019 | 86 | 1,791 |
| 2020 | 83 | 1,801 |
| 2021 | 84 | 1,842 |
| 2022 | 86 | 1,855 |
| 2023 | 96 | 1,729 |
| 2024 | 88 | 1,835 |
| 2025 | 87 | 1,827 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 137 | 348 |
| 2012 | 135 | 357 |
| 2013 | 104 | 408 |
| 2014 | 107 | 405 |
| 2015 | 89 | 487 |
| 2016 | 54 | 735 |
| 2017 | 54 | 740 |
| 2018 | 50 | 767 |
| 2019 | 36 | 980 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1,352 |
| 2021 | 29 | 1,161 |
| 2022 | 19 | 1,556 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,863 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,672 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,512 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 85 | 444 |
| 2012 | 98 | 408 |
| 2013 | 66 | 546 |
| 2014 | 66 | 550 |
| 2015 | 33 | 903 |
| 2016 | 36 | 870 |
| 2017 | 34 | 906 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,324 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,369 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,469 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Charley

- Charley Pride, American country musician (1934–2020)
- Charley Chase, actor, comedian, director, writer (1893–1940)
- Charley Grapewin, American actor (1869-1956)
- Charley Toorop, Dutch painter (1891-1955)
- Charley Boorman, British actor and adventurer
- Charley Koontz, American actor
- Charley Rogers, British actor, film director and screenwriter (1887-1956)
- Charley Hull, English professional golfer
- Charley Chase, American pornographic actress
- Charley Webb, English actress
- Charley Taylor, American football player and coach (1941–2022)
- Charley Burley, American boxer (1917–1992)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.