Description of the name "Charles"

Charles is most popular name in Mississippi of US for all generations. And most popular Boy name of Baby Boomers in South. The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Boy name is decreasing, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is stalled.The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Girl name is stalled, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is stalled.The popularity of this name is recently(3-years to 2022) stalled for male in South, and stalled for male in South

 
 
 

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Visualized Trend by Regions for 'Charles'
Visualized Trend by States for 'Charles'

 
 
 

The total number and actual popularities of births of the name "Charles"

Years where ranks are the same does not imply that the number of births are the same. Data are missing for 4 years where the name Howard is not in the top 1000 most popular names. Name data are from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.  
 
 

The rankings of the name "Charles" by years

 
 
 

Name Rankings by Generations

In the G.I. Generation(1901~1927), the popularity of name "Charles" is 5th out of 1480 names.
In the Silent Generation(1928~1945), the popularity of name "Charles" is 6th out of 1233 names.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964), the popularity of name "Charles" is 10th out of 1280 names.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980), the popularity of name "Charles" is 23rd out of 1316 names.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996), the popularity of name "Charles" is 38th out of 1329 names.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012), the popularity of name "Charles" is 57th out of 1377 names.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023), the popularity of name "Charles" is 50th out of 1201 names.

 
 

Name Rankings by Generations and regions

In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Charles" is 19th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Charles" is 24th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964) of South, the popularity of name "Charles" is 8th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964) of West, the popularity of name "Charles" is 22nd out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Charles" is 24th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Charles" is 26th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of South, the popularity of name "Charles" is 9th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of West, the popularity of name "Charles" is 27th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Charles" is 44th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Charles" is 43rd out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of South, the popularity of name "Charles" is 22nd out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of West, the popularity of name "Charles" is 56th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Charles" is 50th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Charles" is 56th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of South, the popularity of name "Charles" is 46th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of West, the popularity of name "Charles" is 103rd out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Charles" is 34th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Charles" is 45th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of South, the popularity of name "Charles" is 45th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of West, the popularity of name "Charles" is 71st out of 1201 names of Boy.
 
 

Popularities by states

In here, popularity refers to the value obtained by dividing the number of births with that name in a particular state by the total number of births in that state. Therefore, it represents an absolute value of popularity unaffected by population.