Charlie

“Variant of Charles — Free man” — Germanic, via French origin

Girl's name · #133 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Charlie is near its high-water mark: it reached #122 in 2020 and still ranked #133 in 2025. About 40,000 girls have carried it since 1881. Charlie is split almost evenly between girls and boys among recent newborns. Together with its spelling variants Charlee (#417), Charli (#496), and Charley (#760), Charlie would rank around #60 with about 3,900 births last year — the newborns split about 57/19/15/9 across Charlie, Charlee, Charli, and Charley.

Around the world: #18 in France (2025) · #30 in Canada (2024) · #67 in Belgium (2025) · #100 in Australia (QLD) (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Charlies

Charlie Murphy — Irish actress
Charlie Jane Anders — American author and commentator
Charlie Yeung — Hong Kong actress
Charlie Ray — American actress
Charlie Brooks — British actress

In stories & tradition

Charlie Morningstar — Hazbin Hotel
Charlie Buckton — Home and Away
Charlie the Tuna — mascot character

What Charlies become

Among 2,808 notable people named Charlie:

Sports figures appear 2.86× more often than among typical names — e.g. Charlie Estcourt, Welsh association football player (born 1998).

Similar names: Charlee · Hadley · Kaia · Marley · Kinsley · Harley

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