How popular is the baby name Charis in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Charis.
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The vast country of Canada is located in North America and shares the world’s longest international land border with its neighbor to the south, the United States.
Last year, Canada (excluding Yukon) welcomed 351,679 babies — 48.6% of which were girls, 51.4% of which were boys.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Olivia and Noah.
Here are Canada’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2022:
Girl Names
Olivia, 1,804 baby girls
Emma, 1,550
Charlotte, 1,475
Amelia, 1,193
Sophia, 1,079
Chloe, 1,057
Mia, 946
Ava, 923
Lily, 861
Mila, 847
Alice, 786
Isla, 769
Sofia, 763
Evelyn, 751
Abigail, 715
Sophie, 712
Nora, 708
Charlie, 700
Ellie, 680
Zoe, 661
Maya, 658
Isabella, 656
Ella, 634
Clara, 618
Elizabeth, 617
Aria, 610
Violet, 599
Rose, 593
Eva, 578
Hannah, 577
Emily, 575 (tie)
Luna, 575 (tie)
Ivy, 562
Harper, 560
Florence, 557
Scarlett, 519
Victoria, 514
Hazel, 513
Julia, 492
Avery, 490
Madison, 488
Zoey, 474
Eleanor, 467
Grace, 448 (tie)
Livia, 448 (tie)
Emilia, 447
Layla, 437
Aurora, 435
Lea, 434
Willow, 430
Boy Names
Noah, 2,198 baby boys
Liam, 1,902
William, 1,516
Leo, 1,447
Theodore, 1,423
Oliver, 1,273
Benjamin, 1,217
Thomas, 1,205
Lucas, 1,187
Jack, 1,186
James, 1,141
Jacob, 1,105
Nathan, 1,047
Logan, 1,044
Ethan, 1,040
Adam, 977
Theo, 932
Jackson, 907
Owen, 891
Henry, 870
Levi, 831
Arthur, 807
Felix, 806
Gabriel, 777
Samuel, 753
Charles, 749
Luca, 719
Hudson, 663
Nolan, 651
Alexander, 647
Daniel, 644
Mason, 622
Caleb, 613
Louis, 604
Jayden, 595 (tie)
Muhammad, 595 (tie)
Elijah, 593
Aiden, 584
Maverick, 581
Isaac, 579
Ryan, 538
Wyatt, 521
Carter, 520
Luke, 516
Elliot, 499 (tie)
Lincoln, 499 (tie)
Eli, 496
Grayson, 495
Edouard, 492
Mateo, 489
The names in Canada’s top 100 that rose the fastest from 2021 to 2022 were:
Wren, Blake, Eloise, Freya, Athena, and Gabriella (girl names)
Leon, Ali, Cooper, Rowan, Charlie, Luke, and Sebastian (boy names)
And here’s a selection of names from the other end of the spectrum — names that were given to just 5 babies each in Canada last year:
If you’re on the hunt for baby names with a numerological value of 4, you’re in luck! Because today’s post features hundreds of 4-names.
Before we get to the names, though — how do we know that they’re “fours” in numerology?
Turning names into numbers
Here’s how to calculate the numerological value of a name.
First, for each letter, come up with a number to represent that letter’s position in the alphabet. (Letter A would be number 1, letter B would be number 2, and so forth.) Then, add all the numbers together. If the sum has two or more digits, add the digits together recursively until the result is a single digit. That single digit is the name’s numerological value.
For instance, the letters in the name Willow correspond to the numbers 23, 9, 12, 12, 15, and 23. The sum of these numbers is 94. The digits of 94 added together equal 13, and the digits of 13 added together equal 4 — the numerological value of Willow.
Baby names with a value of 4
Below you’ll find the most popular 4-names per gender, according to the latest U.S. baby name data. I’ve further sub-categorized them by total sums — just in case any of those larger numbers are significant to anyone.
4 via 13
The letters in the following baby names add up to 13, which reduces to four (1+3=4).
Girl names (4 via 13)
Boy names (4 via 13)
Cai, Eh, Cia, Gea, Aabha
Cade, Cai, Cj, Eh, Jc
4 via 22
The letters in the following baby names add up to 22, which reduces to four (2+2=4).
Girl names (4 via 22)
Boy names (4 via 22)
Kaia, Lia, Ila, Giada, Ali, Aicha
Ali, Lee, Dale, Akai, Hadi, Mace, Dael, Bane
4 via 31
The letters in the following baby names add up to 31, which reduces to four (3+1=4).
Morrison, Courtney, Kristofer, Christofer, Quintus
Number 4: Significance and associations
What does the number four mean in numerology?
There’s no definitive answer, unfortunately, because various numerological systems exist, and each one has its own interpretation of the number four. That said, if we look at a couple of modern numerology/astrology websites, we see 4 being described as “hardworking,” “practical,” “stable,” “trustworthy,” and “detail-oriented.”
We can also look at associations, which are a bit more concrete. Here are some things that are associated with the number 4:
Seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter)
Cardinal directions (north, south, east, west)
States of matter (solid, liquid, gas, plasma)
Original Greek classical elements (water, earth, air, fire)
Here’s the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) data for the same period of time:
1926: 4 people with the first name Charis
1925: 9 people with the first name Charis
1924: 12 people with the first name Charis
plus two more named Charisann and Charistine
1923: 1 person with the first name Charis
1922: none
What was drawing attention to this name back in the 1920s?
A novel by Pulitzer-winning writer Margaret Widdemer. It was called “I, Charis, Take Thee, Jan” when it was serialized in Woman’s Home Companion in mid-1924, but the standalone book, published the same year, was entitled Charis Sees It Through.
The novel started with the marriage of Charis Drayton, the daughter of an American college professor, to Jan Laszlos, who was both an engineering student at the college and an immigrant from Bohemia.
Miss Widdemer’s swiftly moving novel really begins when Charis and Jan — bride and groom — have to meet Jan’s peasant mother and sisters from Bohemia at Ellis Island.
As another writer put it, “Unfortunately Charis finds she has also married Jan’s Slovak family as well.”
Like Chloe and Chrysanthe, the name Charis (pronounced KAR-iss) comes from ancient Greek. It means “grace, beauty, kindness” and is related to the word charisma (which originally meant “favor, divine gift” before it came to refer to personal charm during the 20th century).
What are your thoughts on the name Charis?
Sources:
“I, Charis, Take Thee, Jan.” Woman’s Home Companion May 1924: 1.
“Important Books of the Month.” Literary Digest International Book Review Nov. 1924: 911-919.
Harcourt, Brace & Company Advertisement. Literary Digest International Book Review Oct. 1924: 764.
Though most of the baby names in the SSA’s annual datasets are repeats, each dataset does contain a handful of brand-new names.
Below are the most popular debut names for every single year on record, after the first.
Why bother with an analysis like this? Because debut names often have cool stories behind them, and high-hitting debuts are especially likely to have intriguing explanations tied to historical people/events. So this is more than a list of names — it’s also a list of stories.
Here’s the format: “Girl name(s), number of baby girls; Boy name(s), number of baby boys.” Keep in mind that the raw numbers aren’t too trustworthy for about the first six decades, though. (More on that in a minute.)
I’ve already written about some of the names above, and I plan to write about all the others as well…eventually. In the meanwhile, if you want to beat me to it and leave a comment about why Maverick hit in 1957, or why Moesha hit in 1996, feel free!
Source: U.S. SSA
Image: Adapted from LotusBud0048a (public domain) by Frank “Fg2” Gualtieri
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