Charles

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: French

Meaning

Charles is a male given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form Charles of the Proto-Germanic name แšฒแšจแšฑแ›แ›šแšจแ›‰ or *karilaz, whose meaning was "free man".

From Wikipedia

Charles first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 59 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1962 with 185 babies (rank #107 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Charles

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

3,171
Total babies (all years)
59
Years in the data
185
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1955110#136
1956131#120
1957139#115
1958146#116
1959150#119
1960157#113
1961179#107
1962185#107
1963152#127
1964156#128
1965151#133
1966132#148
1967143#144
1968107#173
1969109#179
197089#199
197172#222
197256#259
197358#241
197461#233
197532#330
197637#313
197739#297
197836#313
197931#350
198029#368
198134#350
198227#389
198324#413
198422#448
198514#571
198623#458
198733#389
198823#486
198918#539
199016#586
199120#544
199217#584
199315#619
199415#624
199515#607
199615#621
19976#890
199815#628
199910#754
200018#588
200114#659
20026#927
20038#840
200410#758
20059#780
200610#741
20076#875
20089#760
20096#882
20108#777
20127#809
20135#913
20146#828