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Baby name
Charles
Boy
Origin of the name
Charles comes from Carolus, the Latin form of the Germanic Karl, “free man.” It is the name of Charlemagne, “Charles the Great,” and of several kings of France and England.
Classic name
2,434,659births since 1880
1940sgeneration
No. 9rank at its peak, in 1947
Where babies named Charles are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Charles is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Charles is most common in West Virginia (2.1 times), Kentucky (1.7) and District of Columbia (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Charley 23,974
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