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Charley

Pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɑː(ɹ).li/

Rank in 2024
#1,845
Born in 2024
88
Peak year
1920 · #249
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:385 in 2024 (#732)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 88 boys were named Charley, about 1 in every 19,492.
  • It peaked in 1920 with 485 babies, ranked #249.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 23,885 boys have been named Charley since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Charley per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.5
    Greatest
  2. 0.2
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 8,279 babies, 0.50 per 1,000. Silent: 4,238 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,687 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,234 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Millennials: 873 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 997 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,048 babies, 0.05 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A unisex given name. Alternative form of Charlie.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Charles.
  • A diminutive of the female given names Charlotte and Charlene.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈt͡ʃɑː(ɹ).li/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Charley, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Charlie

    Rank
    #176
    Born '24
    2,084
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19192024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Curley

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19442024