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Charlie
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18% girls / 82% boys
Origin of the name
Charlie is a pet form of Charles or Charlotte, which go back to the Germanic Karl, “free man.”
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Where babies named Charlie are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Charlie is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Charlie is most common in Mississippi (4.9 times), Georgia (4.4) and Alabama (4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Where babies named Charlie are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Charlie is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Charlie is most common in Georgia (2.7 times), Alabama (2.2) and Mississippi (2.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1% | 99% |
| 1890s | 2% | 98% |
| 1900s | 4% | 96% |
| 1910s | 5% | 95% |
| 1920s | 7% | 93% |
| 1930s | 7% | 93% |
| 1940s | 6% | 94% |
| 1950s | 5% | 95% |
| 1960s | 3% | 97% |
| 1970s | 6% | 94% |
| 1980s | 13% | 87% |
| 1990s | 20% | 80% |
| 2000s | 24% | 76% |
| 2010s | 47% | 53% |
| 2020s | 51% | 49% |