Chara Popularity by Year
Follow Chara across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Chara birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 6 | #13,208 | Down 1,011 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 7 | #12,197 | Up 3,109 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 5 | #15,306 | Down 4,160 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 8 | #11,146 | Down 2,193 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 11 | #8,953 | Up 159 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 11 | #9,112 | Up 694 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 10 | #9,806 | Up 6,096 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 5 | #15,902 | Down 6,491 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 11 | #9,411 | Down 480 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 12 | #8,931 | Up 3,000 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 8 | #11,931 | Down 4,183 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 15 | #7,748 | Up 5,735 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 7 | #13,483 | Down 2,302 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 9 | #11,181 | Up 1,095 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 8 | #12,276 | Up 1,428 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 7 | #13,704 | Up 128 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 7 | #13,832 | Down 3,703 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 11 | #10,129 | Down 843 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 12 | #9,286 | Up 5,216 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 6 | #14,502 | Down 3,812 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 9 | #10,690 | Down 3,110 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 14 | #7,580 | Down 882 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 16 | #6,698 | Up 2,653 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 10 | #9,351 | Down 2,864 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 16 | #6,487 | Up 4,898 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 7 | #11,385 | Down 4,281 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 13 | #7,104 | Down 260 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 13 | #6,844 | Up 286 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 12 | #7,130 | Down 873 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 14 | #6,257 | Up 2,547 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 9 | #8,804 | Down 3,385 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 17 | #5,419 | Down 152 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 18 | #5,267 | Down 938 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 23 | #4,329 | Up 731 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 18 | #5,060 | Down 11 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 17 | #5,049 | Down 1,244 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 24 | #3,805 | Down 833 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 32 | #2,972 | Up 1,214 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 19 | #4,186 | Down 669 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 24 | #3,517 | Down 1,096 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 39 | #2,421 | Up 1,266 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 21 | #3,687 | Down 1,236 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 39 | #2,451 | Up 985 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 24 | #3,436 | Down 833 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 36 | #2,603 | Up 257 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 30 | #2,860 | Down 386 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 35 | #2,474 | Down 51 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 36 | #2,423 | Down 168 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 37 | #2,255 | Up 261 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 31 | #2,516 | Up 100 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 28 | #2,616 | Up 617 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 20 | #3,233 | Up 171 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 18 | #3,404 | Up 104 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 18 | #3,508 | Up 364 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 15 | #3,872 | Up 1,584 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 8 | #5,456 | Down 677 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 9 | #4,779 | Up 678 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 7 | #5,457 | Down 2,057 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 14 | #3,400 | Up 2,074 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 7 | #5,474 | Up 1,118 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 5 | #6,592 | Down 732 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 6 | #5,860 | Down 1,314 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 9 | #4,546 | Up 227 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 8 | #4,773 | Up 793 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 6 | #5,566 | Up 386 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 5 | #5,952 | — |