# Charlie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/charlie/  
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 | /ˈtʃɑɹli/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Charli |
| Variant spellings | Charley, Charli, Charly |
| US babies named this | 224,639 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 184,280 / 40,359 (18% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 114,450, 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 | 856 | 375 |
| 2012 | 1,045 | 306 |
| 2013 | 1,327 | 241 |
| 2014 | 1,439 | 230 |
| 2015 | 1,562 | 207 |
| 2016 | 1,767 | 185 |
| 2017 | 1,913 | 155 |
| 2018 | 1,851 | 153 |
| 2019 | 2,087 | 132 |
| 2020 | 2,239 | 122 |
| 2021 | 2,223 | 127 |
| 2022 | 2,341 | 123 |
| 2023 | 2,245 | 125 |
| 2024 | 2,113 | 140 |
| 2025 | 2,160 | 133 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,521 | 236 |
| 2012 | 1,537 | 233 |
| 2013 | 1,565 | 233 |
| 2014 | 1,696 | 225 |
| 2015 | 1,674 | 231 |
| 2016 | 1,711 | 227 |
| 2017 | 1,793 | 213 |
| 2018 | 1,730 | 218 |
| 2019 | 1,832 | 211 |
| 2020 | 1,872 | 204 |
| 2021 | 2,009 | 188 |
| 2022 | 2,110 | 178 |
| 2023 | 2,104 | 174 |
| 2024 | 2,094 | 176 |
| 2025 | 2,460 | 145 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 157 | 312 |
| 2012 | 148 | 331 |
| 2013 | 158 | 298 |
| 2014 | 113 | 389 |
| 2015 | 95 | 455 |
| 2016 | 83 | 516 |
| 2017 | 64 | 648 |
| 2018 | 53 | 745 |
| 2019 | 66 | 601 |
| 2020 | 50 | 735 |
| 2021 | 49 | 755 |
| 2022 | 52 | 706 |
| 2023 | 46 | 774 |
| 2024 | 44 | 837 |
| 2025 | 49 | 747 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5,516 | 5 |
| 2012 | 5,571 | 4 |
| 2013 | 5,039 | 5 |
| 2014 | 4,642 | 5 |
| 2015 | 4,831 | 6 |
| 2016 | 4,190 | 7 |
| 2017 | 3,724 | 9 |
| 2018 | 3,365 | 10 |
| 2019 | 3,355 | 9 |
| 2020 | 2,810 | 12 |
| 2021 | 2,674 | 14 |
| 2022 | 2,391 | 16 |
| 2023 | 2,010 | 17 |
| 2024 | 1,956 | 17 |
| 2025 | 1,679 | 22 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Ча́рли
- Czech: Kája
- Finnish: Kalle, Karo
- Russian: Ча́рли
- Spanish: Carlito
- Swedish: Kalle, Kolle, Lotta, Carro

## People named Charlie

- Charlie Chaplin, English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
- Charlie Parker, American jazz saxophonist (1920–1955)
- Charlie Puth, American singer, songwriter, and record producer
- Charlie Hunnam, British actor (born 1980)
- Charlie Cox, British actor (born 1982)
- Charlie Kaufman, American filmmaker and novelist
- Charlie Heaton, British actor
- Charlie Austin, English association football player
- Charlie Baker, American businessman & politician (born 1956)
- Charlie Weber, American actor
- Charlie Plummer, American actor
- Charlie Daniels, English association football player (born 1986)

## 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.