Charlie

Meaning: Free man
Origin: Variant of Charles (from Germanic)

Boy's name · #145 in the US (2025) · Timeless

49% boys · 51% girls — Charlie is split almost evenly between girls and boys among recent newborns. Charlie →

Popularity over time

Charlie holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#145 in 2025). About 184,000 boys have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Charlie is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Charlie is especially popular in N. Ireland, Australia (VIC), and New Zealand.

#4 in N. Ireland (2025) · #6 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #7 in New Zealand (2025) · #9 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #12 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #13 in Ireland (2025) · #16 in Sweden (2025) · #17 in Scotland (2025) · #22 in England & Wales (2025) · #26 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #51 in France (2025) · #62 in Belgium (2025) and 7 more.

Famous Charlies

Charlie Chaplin — English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
Charlie Kirk — American political activist (1993–2025)
Charlie Sheen — American actor (born 1965)
Charlie Parker — American jazz saxophonist (1920–1955)
Charlie Puth — American singer, songwriter, and record producer

In stories & tradition

Charlie Brown — Peanuts (comics)
Charlie Weasley — Harry Potter (novel series)
Charlie Pace — Lost (TV series)

What Charlies become

Among 2,808 notable people named Charlie:

Sports figures appear 2.86× more often than among typical names — e.g. Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1985).

Similar names: Carlos · Marshall · Carson · Harley · Lewis · Clark

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