Name profile

Charlie

Diminutive or feminine form of Charles.

PronunciationAmerican English /ˈt͡ʃɑɹ.li/; British English /ˈt͡ʃɑː.li/
Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#145

Meaning and history

Diminutive or feminine form of Charles, Charlie is also borne by the British comic actor Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) and by Charlie Brown, the main character in Charles Schulz’s comic strip Peanuts.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 931 births, rank #337
2007: 956 births, rank #334
2008: 1,090 births, rank #306
2009: 1,255 births, rank #274
2010: 1,431 births, rank #245
20112011: 1,521 births, rank #236
2012: 1,537 births, rank #233
2013: 1,565 births, rank #233
2014: 1,696 births, rank #225
2015: 1,674 births, rank #231
20162016: 1,711 births, rank #227
2017: 1,793 births, rank #213
2018: 1,730 births, rank #218
2019: 1,832 births, rank #211
2020: 1,872 births, rank #204
20212021: 2,009 births, rank #188
2022: 2,110 births, rank #178
2023: 2,104 births, rank #174
2024: 2,094 births, rank #176
20252025: 2,460 births, rank #145

Charlie rose from #176 to #145 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1919, with 2,891 births.