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Charity

“Christian love” — English, ultimately Latin origin

Girl's name · #1981 in the US (2025) · Retro

Charity has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #183 (1975) · 35,518 babies named Charity all-time · 1 in 17,000 girls born in 2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 15 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Charitys

• Charity Opara — Nigerian sprinter
• Charity Ogbenyealu Adule — Nigerian association football player
• Charity Wakefield — British actress
• Charity Williams — Canadian rugby sevens player
• Charity Ngilu — Kenyan politician

In stories & tradition

• Charity Burbage — Harry Potter · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
• Charity Dingle — Emmerdale
• Charity Standish — fictional human

What Charitys become

Among 97 notable people named Charity:

Entertainers appear 1.6× more often than among typical names — e.g. Charity Wakefield, British actress.

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