Charlie

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 50% girls / 50% boys

Meaning

Charlie is a traditionally masculine given name in English-speaking countries, often a nickname for Charles, but is now used as a unisex name. It is also used as a surname.

From Wikipedia

Charlie first appears in the data in 1960 and has been recorded in 48 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2013 with 43 babies (rank #286 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Charlie

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

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
6Soul urgeThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

989

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Also a character in

In The Roald Dahl Universe: Charlie Bucket — heir to the chocolate factory

Famous people named Charlie

Charlie Chaplinfilm screenwriter · b. 1889
Charlie Parkerjazz musician · b. 1920
Charlie Puthpop singer · b. 1991
Charlie Hunnamfilm actor · b. 1980
Charlie Coxfilm actor · b. 1982

More popular boys' names

Other boys' names starting with C

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1960	1	#924
1965	2	#866
1966	2	#888
1967	1	#1,061
1968	1	#1,082
1970	1	#1,044
1971	2	#913
1972	2	#935
1975	1	#1,157
1976	3	#922
1977	3	#908
1978	9	#634
1979	4	#856
1980	5	#815
1981	4	#885
1982	2	#1,057
1983	2	#1,064
1984	9	#675
1985	8	#717
1986	7	#777
1987	10	#665
1988	12	#630
1989	8	#751
1990	11	#689
1991	11	#675
1992	11	#685
1993	8	#781
1994	9	#753
1995	16	#592
1996	10	#736
1997	10	#739
1998	12	#689
1999	12	#696
2000	6	#924
2001	6	#936
2002	11	#731
2003	11	#733
2004	7	#860
2005	10	#747
2006	17	#576
2007	17	#550
2008	23	#465
2009	25	#425
2010	21	#478
2011	21	#467
2012	30	#355
2013	43	#286
2014	40	#298