Charley
Meaning not yet sourced
Editor’s note Used for both: 80% of US babies named Charley in 2025 were girls
Girl’s name · /ˈt͡ʃɑː(ɹ).li/
What Charley means
Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Charley yet, and we don’t write our own.
Editor’s note Used for both: 80% of US babies named Charley in 2025 were girls Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.
How popular is Charley?
▼ 30 vs 2024
▲ 160 vs 2024
US: Falling: down from #520 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #487 in 2015.
Biggest US share so far: 2014, when 641 girls got the name (#489 that year). First in the US records in 1901.
How common
- About 1 in 4,515 baby girls in the US in 2025
- About 1 in 12,664 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.
Where in the US
Most popular in ID (0.98 per 1,000 girls), KS (0.76 per 1,000 girls), SC (0.71 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.
SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.
US vs UK
Charley is #760 in the US and #1512 in England & Wales (2025).
| Rank 2025 | Babies | How common | Rank 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | #760 | 356 | 1 in 4,515 | #520 |
| England & Wales | #1512 | 20 | 1 in 12,664 | #487 |
| Scotland | – | – | – | – |
Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).
Boy or girl?
In 2025, 80.4% of US babies named Charley were girls.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| US 2025 | 356 | 87 |
| England & Wales 2025 | 20 | 3 |
| US all years since 1880 | 11,347 | 23,974 |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 4,546 | 1,839 |
Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.
How to say it
IPA from Wiktionary.
Other spellings parents chose in 2025
Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.
If you like Charley
Girls
- Brielle#143Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1972, with 6 babies
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- Scarlett#32Editor’s note Down from #22 in 2015 to #32 in 2025 in the US
- Adelaide#289“noble + nature, character”*
- Stella#52“star”*
For a brother
- Lucas#10Editor’s note Up from #16 in 2015 to #10 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 170 US boys in the 2025 records
- Easton#110“east + settlement”*
- Ryker#182Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #182 vs #1,066 in 2025
- Jace#114Diminutive of Jason, meaning “I heal”*
- Karter#270Variant of Carter, meaning “son of Arthur”*
- Greyson#149Variant of Grayson, meaning “steward”*
Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Charley’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.
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