Charli

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

Girl's name · #496 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Charli is near its high-water mark: it reached #365 in 2021 and still ranked #496 in 2025. About 12,000 girls have carried it since 1975.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#564 in Scotland (2025) · #1,028 in Canada (2024).

Famous Charlis

Charli XCX — British singer (born 1992)
Charli Venice D'Amelio — American social media personality (born 2004)
Charli Grant — Australian soccer player
Charli Baltimore — American rapper
Charli Collier — American basketball player

What Charlis become

Among 30 notable people named Charli:

Entertainers appear 3.01× more often than among typical names — e.g. Charli XCX, British singer (born 1992).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Charlie (#133), Charlee (#417), and Charley (#760), Charli would rank around #60 with about 3,900 births last year — the newborns split about 57/19/15/9 across Charlie, Charlee, Charli, and Charley.

Similar names: Charlee · Remy · Karsyn · Marlee · Felicity · Harley

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