Charity

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

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 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1975 with 1,420 babies (rank #183 that year). In 2024 it was given to 95 girls (rank #2,037). 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 — a playful read on the name's character.

3Destiny numberThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
8Soul urgeThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
22PersonalityThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

35,458

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

1,420

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	29	#290
1881	22	#348
1882	30	#323
1883	29	#332
1884	31	#359
1885	21	#459
1886	38	#347
1887	40	#339
1888	47	#348
1889	36	#405
1890	53	#351
1891	37	#407
1892	35	#460
1893	31	#488
1894	41	#439
1895	40	#458
1896	39	#462
1897	43	#450
1898	50	#434
1899	31	#537
1900	44	#509
1901	34	#522
1902	34	#561
1903	32	#576
1904	44	#495
1905	46	#499
1906	53	#466
1907	47	#522
1908	50	#511
1909	32	#708
1910	44	#641
1911	46	#637
1912	55	#673
1913	68	#626
1914	59	#750
1915	75	#762
1916	79	#770
1917	73	#807
1918	75	#825
1919	84	#766
1920	63	#915
1921	57	#989
1922	57	#991
1923	53	#1,039
1924	70	#908
1925	62	#946
1926	51	#1,046
1927	66	#917
1928	53	#1,029
1929	41	#1,160
1930	41	#1,163
1931	47	#1,024
1932	48	#1,017
1933	24	#1,517
1934	30	#1,319
1935	46	#1,018
1936	34	#1,234
1937	33	#1,257
1938	40	#1,145
1939	42	#1,109
1940	42	#1,119
1941	44	#1,121
1942	42	#1,230
1943	51	#1,129
1944	39	#1,277
1945	36	#1,334
1946	49	#1,230
1947	52	#1,256
1948	48	#1,329
1949	53	#1,253
1950	55	#1,241
1951	54	#1,268
1952	50	#1,371
1953	56	#1,300
1954	38	#1,649
1955	44	#1,542
1956	57	#1,381
1957	59	#1,378
1958	51	#1,501
1959	55	#1,452
1960	70	#1,313
1961	106	#1,062
1962	81	#1,226
1963	77	#1,252
1964	74	#1,296
1965	86	#1,148
1966	99	#1,051
1967	94	#1,074
1968	115	#967
1969	234	#653
1970	342	#546
1971	342	#536
1972	583	#371
1973	957	#260
1974	1,410	#186
1975	1,420	#183
1976	1,205	#203
1977	1,195	#211
1978	1,067	#232
1979	1,197	#219
1980	1,061	#243
1981	964	#255
1982	859	#284
1983	813	#290
1984	790	#303
1985	912	#274
1986	856	#288
1987	741	#330
1988	648	#372
1989	568	#433
1990	536	#458
1991	553	#455
1992	485	#500
1993	515	#488
1994	484	#515
1995	495	#495
1996	490	#487
1997	464	#515
1998	476	#531
1999	482	#525
2000	608	#456
2001	574	#486
2002	544	#506
2003	534	#529
2004	508	#564
2005	424	#655
2006	435	#664
2007	439	#670
2008	369	#790
2009	316	#872
2010	315	#851
2011	310	#848
2012	276	#928
2013	261	#965
2014	247	#1,052
2015	206	#1,209
2016	197	#1,237
2017	197	#1,220
2018	189	#1,232
2019	184	#1,261
2020	145	#1,478
2021	134	#1,569
2022	118	#1,758
2023	118	#1,740
2024	95	#2,037