Charity

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Charity is an English feminine given name derived from the English word charity. It was used by the Puritans as a virtue name. An earlier form of the name, Caritas, was an early Christian name in use by Romans.

From Wikipedia

Charity first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 33 babies (rank #681 that year). In 2024 it was given to 6 girls (rank #3,121). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Charity

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Charity yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

661
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
33
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199128#745
199223#859
199324#834
199415#1,061
199522#913
199633#681
199728#754
199824#833
199932#690
200030#707
200131#707
200223#884
200330#755
200424#917
200522#1,012
200629#842
200720#1,157
200827#949
200920#1,219
201018#1,331
201122#1,120
201216#1,467
201318#1,304
201411#1,880
201517#1,346
20166#2,900
20177#2,707
201811#1,888
201912#1,812
202010#2,044
20215#3,497
202210#2,016
20237#2,731
20246#3,121