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How popular is the name Charley?
Births per year, rank history and how many Charleys are alive today.
Charley (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1512th in 2025 and given to 20 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1999, when 320 babies were given the name, the 146th most popular that year. It has declined since 1999; the 2025 figure is roughly 6% of its peak. Charley is one spelling of a name also recorded as Charlee, Charleigh, Charli and Charly; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Charley you are most likely to meet is around 28 years old. Half of all Charleys born in England and Wales are between 19 and 31, and there are at least 9,400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 2.9% chance that at least one of them will be called Charley.
How many babies are named Charley each year?
Includes all spellings: Charley, Charlee, Charleigh, Charli, Charly. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Charley spelling rank?
Where does the Charlee spelling rank?
Where does the Charleigh spelling rank?
Where does the Charli spelling rank?
Where does the Charly spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Charley most popular?
Charley peaked in 1999, when 460 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Charley?
At least 9,400 people named Charley in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Charley?
Most living Charleys are between 19 and 31; the most common age is about 28.
Is Charley becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1999 peak.