# Charmaine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/charmaine/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,395 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 20 / 15,375 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 697, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

20th century variant of Charmian, or coinage from the noun charm with the -aine ending as in Elaine and Germaine.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 24 | 5,645 |
| 2011 | 22 | 5,983 |
| 2012 | 20 | 6,393 |
| 2013 | 17 | 7,120 |
| 2014 | 19 | 6,511 |
| 2015 | 18 | 6,781 |
| 2016 | 15 | 7,676 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8,383 |
| 2018 | 14 | 7,851 |
| 2019 | 17 | 6,780 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,069 |
| 2021 | 13 | 8,127 |
| 2022 | 10 | 9,841 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,492 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,688 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 8 | 4,006 |
| 1976 | 6 | 5,022 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,319 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 14 | 1,837 |
| 2010 | 11 | 2,235 |
| 2011 | 13 | 2,025 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## People named Charmaine

- Charmaine Crooks, Canadian athlete and administrator
- Charmaine Hooper, association football player
- Charmaine Reid, badminton player

## 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.