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Charles
Pronounced /t͡ʃɑɹlz/
Rank in 2024
#11,901
Born in 2024
8
Peak year
1927 · #395
Origin
Germanic
Also recorded for boys:5,593 in 2024 (#51)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 8 girls were named Charles, about 1 in every 201,649.
- It peaked in 1927 with 303 babies, ranked #395.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 12,466 girls have been named Charles since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Charles per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 2,727 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Silent: 3,208 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,629 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,972 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,079 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 230 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 134 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From French Charles, from Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from and also reinfluenced by Frankish and Old High German Karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz (“free man”); compare the English word churl and the German Kerl. In reference to the Ecuadorian island, a clipping of the original name King Charles's Island, granted in honor of Charles II of England.
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- Origin
- Germanic
- Say it
- /t͡ʃɑɹlz/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Charles, CC BY-SA 4.0.