How popular is the baby name Charlie in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Find out using the graph below! Plus, check out all the blog posts that mention the name Charlie.
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According to the Government of South Australia, the most popular baby names in the state in 2019 were (again) Charlotte and Oliver.
Here are South Australia’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2019:
Girl Names
Charlotte, 119 baby girls
Ava, 112
Olivia, 103
Grace, 93
Amelia, 86 (tie)
Willow, 86 (tie)
Isla, 83
Ivy, 79 (tie)
Sophie, 79 (tie)
Mia, 69
Boy Names
Oliver, 152 baby boys
Leo, 106
William, 102
Jack, 101 (tie)
Noah, 101 (tie)
Henry, 99
Charlie, 94
Oscar, 90
Harvey, 81 (tie)
Mason, 81 (tie)
In the girls’ top 10, Ivy replaces Harper.
In the boys’ top 10, Oscar, Harvey and Mason replace Harrison, Lucas and Harry. Notably, Oscar’s usage increased by three dozen baby boys, and Harvey’s usage increased by 20.
Virginian rap crooner DRAM returned last night with the release of his new, three-song EP, That’s A Girl’s Name. Produced and co-written by Josh Abraham and Oligee, the EP’s title refers to DRAM’S real name, Shelley Massenburg-Smith, which means “that’s a girl’s name” is probably a phrase he heard quite a bit growing up.
(“DRAM” is an acronym for “Does Real Ass Music.” DRAM’s goldendoodle also has an interesting name: Idnit [vid] — “as in, idnit so cute.”)
The Texas native also revealed that when he was born his father wasn’t there. Instead, he explained that James “called my mom and said, ‘Only thing I have to say is if it’s a boy, don’t name him Kelly.’”
From a New York Times article about the marriage of Sugar Good, a Dunkin’ Donuts manager, to one of her drive-through customers:
A year would go by before she gathered the courage to pass him her sprinkle-bedecked business card with his breakfast in September 2018. But when she did, it came as a relief to both. The man, John Thompson, a recently retired Marine working as a car salesman in Oklahoma City, had been wondering how he was going to figure out what her real name was.
“When I started going through the drive-through, I noticed she would smile with her eyes, and I thought, maybe if I read the receipt I can see what her name is,” he said. “But it said ‘Sugar No. 7.'” He figured Sugar must have been a reference to how he likes his coffee. With the card, which listed her cellphone number at the bottom, she cleared up the mystery — as well as her own case of the blues.
“As a culture, we are realizing that gender is no longer a fixed concept,” says Sam Cheow, senior vice president of corporate innovation and product development at the Estée Lauder Companies, which owns brands like M.A.C, Tom Ford Beauty, Le Labo, and Frédéric Malle . . . Cheow points to evidence that the needle is moving forward: the growing backlash surrounding gender-reveal parties; a rise in gender-neutral baby names (for example, in 2018, 51 percent of “Charlies” were female); and the arrival of Q, the world’s first genderless voice assistant.
From a Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources blog post entitled “The Tiffany Problem“:
Wait, what? No way there’s a Tiffany in this book! Not when there are other women running around with convincing names like Blanchefleur, Isolde, and Ermentrude.
[…]
[T]he Tiffany Problem describes the tension between historical fact and the average, everyday person’s idea of history. So even though authors may research carefully and want to include historically accurate information in their book—like a medieval character named Tiffany—a popular audience likely won’t buy it.
I remember a guy named Bill. His view on trail names mirrored mine. He didn’t have one, didn’t want one. He was thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, not seeking a new identity. As he walked the white-blazed path, he simply introduced himself as “Bill”.
The most-often stated reply to him was, “What’s your trail name?”
His standard answer, “I don’t have a trail name. My name is just Bill.”
I put an apostrophe in my name that wasn’t there before, like Smashing Pumpkins bassist D’Arcy Wretzky, because of how influential this band was to me. D’Arcy was just the epitome of cool to me. In 1993, I was really into alternative and grunge music, and whereas the Nirvanas and the Pearl Jams felt so masculine, there was something sweeter and lighter about Smashing Pumpkins. The fact that they had a girl in their band was huge for me and my friends. I learned the guitar part to “Today,” and it made me feel like such a badass. It was like, “Wow, I can play guitar!” But, of course, anybody can play the beginning of “Today.”
“I fell in love with a Christian boy, Michael Fairchild, who didn’t want to kiss a Terri Sue. He said: ‘Terri Sue doesn’t fit you at all. What’s that other name of yours? Tovah? Now that’s a name!'”
(Her stage name was initially “Terri Fairchild,” according to Wikipedia.)
According to data from Ireland’s Central Statistics Office (CSO), the most popular baby names in the country in 2019 were — yet again! — Emily and Jack.
Here are Ireland’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2019:
Girl Names
Emily, 452 baby girls
Grace, 426
Fiadh, 334
Sophie, 330
Hannah, 321
Amelia, 315
Ava, 313 (tie)
Ellie, 313 (tie)
Ella, 292
Mia, 289
Boy Names
Jack, 677 baby boys
James, 534
Noah, 502
Conor, 427
Daniel, 399
Adam, 345
Liam, 334
Tadhg, 318
Luke, 317
Charlie, 316
Jack has been the top boy name since 2007 (with the exception of 2016) and Emily has been the top girl name since 2011.
In the girls’ top 10, Hannah returned and Emma dropped out.
In the boys’ top 10, Liam and Tadhg (pronounced tyeg, like the first syllable of “tiger”) replaced Harry and Michael.
The fastest-rising names in the top 100 in terms of numbers of babies were:
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the most popular baby names in England and Wales last year were, yet again, Olivia and Oliver.
Here are the top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2019:
Girl Names
Olivia, 4,082 baby girls
Amelia, 3,712
Isla, 2,981
Ava, 2,946
Mia, 2,500
Isabella, 2,398
Sophia, 2,332
Grace, 2,330
Lily, 2,285
Freya, 2,264
Boy Names
Oliver, 4,932 baby boys
George, 4,575
Noah, 4,265
Arthur, 4,211
Harry, 3,823
Leo, 3,637
Muhammad, 3,604
Jack, 3,381
Charlie, 3,355
Oscar, 3,334
In the girls’ top 10, Lily and Freya replace Emily and Ella. The boys’ top ten includes the same ten names as in 2018.
In the girls’ top 100, Lara and Mabel replace Aisha and Francesca. In the boys’ top 100, Alfred, Chester, Hudson, Ibrahim and Oakley replace Alex, Dexter, Dominic, Kai, Sonny and Tobias.
The fastest risers within the top 100 were Hallie (on the girls’ list) and Tommy (on the boys’).
Several names that saw increased usage due to pop culture were…
The girl name Dua, now at an all-time high thanks to English pop singer Dua Lipa, whose parents were Kosovar refugees.*
The boy name Kylo, thanks to the Star Wars sequel trilogy. (Kylo debuted in 2015, the year the first film was released.)
The boy name Taron, likely due to actor Taron Egerton, featured in the 2019 Elton John biopic Rocketman.
Here are the top ten lists for England and Wales separately, if you’d like to compare the regions…
Finally, here are some of the rare baby names from the other end of the rankings. Each one was given to exactly 3 babies in England and Wales last year.