Girls' name · peaked in 1975

Charity name popularity since 1925

33,460 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Charity. Half of them were born in 1984 or earlier, so the typical Charity is about 42 years old in 2026. Charity peaked in 1975 as the #183 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 33,460; Named Charity, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1975; #183 for girls that year
Typical age: About 42; Median birth year 1984
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #1,981 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 99.9% girls; 33,421 girls · 39 boys
Most popular in: Utah; 2.28× its national share

Peak year is the year Charity made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Charity births per year, 1925–2025

1975 was the biggest year for Charity both by count and as a share of all babies.

Fastest rise: Between 1968 and 1973, Charity became 9.4× more common, from 1 in 14,300 baby girls to 1 in 1,520.
Steepest fall: Between 1985 and 1990, its share of baby girls fell by 47%, from 1 in 1,890 to 1 in 3,540.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Charity's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Charity.

Decade by decade

Babies named Charity in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	273	0	–
1930s	385	0	#1,018
1940s	456	0	#1,334
1950s	519	0	#1,542
1960s	1,036	0	#1,148
1970s	9,718	23	#183
1980s	8,212	16	#274
1990s	4,980	0	#495
2000s	4,752	0	#655
2010s	2,383	0	#1,209
2020–25	707	0	#1,981

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

34.2% of babies named Charity from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:

Where Charity is most popular

The index compares Charity's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Charity.

State	Index	Babies
Utah	2.28×	581
Tennessee	2.08×	1,312
Oklahoma	2.00×	779
Alabama	1.90×	1,006
Arkansas	1.89×	580

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Charity's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Charity.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Charity (1975).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data