Charity

Meaning: Christian love
Origin: English, ultimately Latin

Girl's name · #1981 in the US (2025) · Retro

Popularity over time

Charity's best rank, #183, came in 1975; it has stepped well back to #1981 today. Roughly 36,000 girls have been named Charity since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 15 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#3,121 in Canada (2024).

Famous Charitys

Charity Opara — Nigerian sprinter
Charity Ogbenyealu Adule — Nigerian association football player
Charity Wakefield — British actress
Charity Williams — Canadian rugby sevens player
Charity Ngilu — Kenyan politician

In stories & tradition

Charity Burbage — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (film)
Charity Dingle — Emmerdale (TV series)
Charity Standish — Passions (TV series)

What Charitys become

Among 97 notable people named Charity:

Entertainers appear 1.6× more often than among typical names — e.g. Charity Wakefield, British actress.

Similar names: Tania · Kari · Dhriti · Aimee · Cara · Charlene

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