Names/C

Charlton

boys’ nameFallingCompare

Charlton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. Its best rank was 821st, in 1890.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
80.00% of boys
Peak year
197182 births
Best rank
#821in 1890
Since 1888
3,515people given the name
Babies named Charlton, by year of birthboys
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

3,515 boys have been named Charlton in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1971, with 82 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1974, and the 1970s alone account for 16%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadeboys named Charlton
1880s5
1890s18
1900s23
1910s145
1920s174
1930s137
1940s137
1950s365
1960s469
1970s561
1980s515
1990s391
2000s327
2010s187
2020s61

In 1971, its biggest year

Charlton was the 902nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1971 were Michael, James, David, John and Robert. See all of 1971.

Names that rose and fell with Charlton

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.