Charley Girl
How popular is Charley?
#760 girl name in 2025
356 baby girls were named Charley in the US in 2025, making it the 760th most popular girl name. Another 87 boys got the name (#1,826 for boys).
Charley popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #760 for girls (▼ 30 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 356 girls, 87 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-41% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #520 in 2015, #537 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (641 girls) |
| Highest rank | #489 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1901 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 15% boys, 85% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Charley counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Charlie family of names ranked #67 for girls in 2025 (#64 the year before), with 4,248 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Charlie | 2,160 | 51% |
| Charlee | 750 | 18% |
| Charli | 597 | 14% |
| Charleigh | 337 | 8% |
| Charley | 356 | 8% |
| Charly | 48 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Charley is most popular
Babies named Charley per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Kansas: 0.6 per 1,000 (33 girls)
- Oklahoma: 0.6 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.6 per 1,000 (50 girls)
- Kentucky: 0.5 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- Arkansas: 0.5 per 1,000 (25 girls)
Charley by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 12 | #1,339 |
| 1910s | 79 | #1,773 |
| 1920s | 153 | #1,846 |
| 1930s | 131 | #1,779 |
| 1940s | 102 | #1,993 |
| 1950s | 52 | #3,481 |
| 1960s | 11 | #6,244 |
| 1970s | 75 | #3,924 |
| 1980s | 388 | #1,837 |
| 1990s | 655 | #1,749 |
| 2000s | 1,728 | #958 |
| 2010s | 5,369 | #489 |
| 2020s | 2,592 | #537 |
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Questions
- Is Charley a boy or girl name?
- Charley is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 85% of babies named Charley were girls.
- How popular is the name Charley?
- 356 baby girls were named Charley in the US in 2025, making it the 760th most popular girl name. Another 87 boys got the name (#1,826 for boys).
- When was Charley most popular?
- Charley peaked in 2014, when 641 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #489 in 2014.
- How many people are named Charley?
- 35,321 babies have been named Charley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 17,710 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Charley most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Charley was most common in Kansas, at 0.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.