Charles

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #48in 2025
  • 1 in 289boys in 2025
  • −8%last ten years
  • 3.5×in District of Columbia

Most popular in 1880, the first year on record.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

024,20248,40318801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Charles, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188048,403
188146,022
188244,781
188346,127
188441,960
188542,663
188640,918
188739,750
188837,989
188937,973
189036,578
189135,972
189235,391
189333,147
189432,721
189530,947
189630,435
189729,630
189828,993
189929,630
190027,234
190128,638
190227,401
190326,948
190426,584
190527,270
190627,089
190726,453
190825,457
190924,568
191024,633
191125,335
191225,748
191325,735
191425,867
191525,879
191626,528
191726,087
191826,563
191925,703
192026,597
192126,549
192226,503
192326,426
192426,891
192526,507
192626,583
192728,344
192828,208
192927,826
193029,039
193128,792
193229,777
193329,239
193428,850
193528,792
193628,057
193728,613
193828,086
193927,817
194027,338
194126,656
194225,959
194325,665
194425,433
194524,125
194623,531
194722,290
194822,042
194922,578
195021,838
195120,929
195219,997
195319,480
195418,375
195517,168
195616,659
195715,892
195815,191
195914,428
196013,918
196113,744
196213,336
196313,176
196413,001
196512,630
196612,477
196712,208
196812,414
196912,112
197012,060
197111,225
197210,464
197310,107
19749,636
19759,334
19768,872
19778,972
19789,041
19798,600
19808,385
19818,054
19827,887
19837,370
19847,171
19856,980
19866,856
19876,520
19886,326
19896,120
19905,842
19915,611
19925,241
19935,025
19944,668
19954,453
19964,354
19974,061
19984,106
19993,919
20003,831
20013,749
20023,713
20033,896
20043,855
20053,972
20063,899
20073,591
20083,572
20093,672
20103,704
20113,679
20123,662
20133,714
20143,833
20153,758
20163,756
20173,886
20183,671
20193,570
20203,620
20213,435
20223,399
20233,169
20243,258
20253,453

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. District of Columbia 3.5×
  2. Vermont 3.3×
  3. New Hampshire 2.7×
  4. Maine 2.5×
  5. Massachusetts 2.3×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
5,898
Rank in 2025
#48
How rare
1 in 289 boys
Since 1880
2,434,659

Most popular in 1880, at 48,403 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 8% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
District of Columbia3.5×97
Vermont3.3×39
New Hampshire2.7×116
Maine2.5×92
Massachusetts2.3×620

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.