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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Chari

Chari was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1960, when it ranked 1766th with 41 babies. More babies were named Chari in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
196041 babies
Total since 1880
1,202babies recorded

Chari popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020#10,4429
2010——
2000#15,4995
1990#5,33517
1980#3,87220
1970#2,27334
1960#1,76641
1950#2,55816
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Chari, counting every spelling?

Chari has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Chari?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Chari are alive today, with a median age of 55; half are between 43 and 65. That makes Chari mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Chari by state

How common Chari was among girls born in each state in 1958–1962, around its peak. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIL0.03Michigan: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMI0.04New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Chari, girls, 1958–1962. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Chari: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Chari, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Chari

How popular is the name Chari?

Chari was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1960, when it ranked 1766th with 41 babies. More babies were named Chari in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Chari a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,202 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Chari most popular?

In 1958–1962, Chari was most common in Michigan (0.04 per 1,000 girls), followed by Illinois and California.