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Boy name Old German origin Christian tradition

Charles

CHARLZ · 7 letters · 1 syllables
What it means
Free man
Language
Old German
Culture
Germanic
Religion
Christian
Style era
timeless
Themes
royal
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#51
2024 births5,593
Peak year1947
First appeared1880
Total US births2,428,685
1947 peak18801916195219882024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
CharlieChuckChas
Alternate spellings
Charlys
In other languages
Carlo (Italian)Carlos (Spanish)Karl (German)Karol (Polish)

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Notable people named Charles

Charles Dickens
Prince Charles
Charles Darwin