Char Popularity by Year

Follow Char across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Char birth-count history

The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.

Year	Category	Births	Rank	Change from previous recorded year
1997	Girls	5	#13,724	Down 1,941 places
1995	Girls	6	#11,783	Up 1,659 places
1993	Girls	5	#13,442	Down 7,607 places
1990	Girls	15	#5,835	Up 1,120 places
1989	Girls	11	#6,955	Up 1,436 places
1988	Girls	8	#8,391	Up 1,154 places
1986	Girls	6	#9,545	Up 877 places
1984	Girls	5	#10,422	Down 3,717 places
1983	Girls	9	#6,705	Up 2,532 places
1982	Girls	6	#9,237	Down 3,352 places
1981	Girls	11	#5,885	Up 4,507 places
1980	Girls	5	#10,392	Down 2,331 places
1979	Girls	7	#8,061	Down 2,103 places
1978	Girls	10	#5,958	Down 1,533 places
1977	Girls	15	#4,425	Up 480 places
1976	Girls	12	#4,905	Down 764 places
1975	Girls	15	#4,141	Down 583 places
1974	Girls	18	#3,558	Down 216 places
1973	Girls	19	#3,342	Up 62 places
1972	Girls	18	#3,404	Up 1,130 places
1971	Girls	12	#4,534	Down 42 places
1970	Girls	12	#4,492	Up 964 places
1969	Girls	8	#5,456	Down 1,846 places
1968	Girls	14	#3,610	Up 1,372 places
1967	Girls	8	#4,982	Up 1,582 places
1966	Girls	5	#6,564	Down 2,362 places
1965	Girls	10	#4,202	Up 153 places
1964	Girls	10	#4,355	Down 720 places
1963	Girls	13	#3,635	Down 342 places
1962	Girls	15	#3,293	Down 233 places
1961	Girls	17	#3,060	Down 753 places
1960	Girls	26	#2,307	Up 797 places
1959	Girls	15	#3,104	Up 821 places
1958	Girls	10	#3,925	Up 1,452 places
1957	Girls	6	#5,377	Down 2,056 places
1956	Girls	13	#3,321	Up 250 places
1955	Girls	11	#3,571	Down 682 places
1954	Girls	15	#2,889	Down 562 places
1952	Girls	20	#2,327	Up 2,058 places
1951	Girls	7	#4,385	Up 916 places
1950	Girls	5	#5,301	Down 1,066 places
1949	Girls	7	#4,235	Down 1,098 places
1948	Girls	11	#3,137	Up 857 places
1946	Girls	7	#3,994	Up 562 places
1945	Girls	5	#4,556	—