Charleston
Charleston was the 3261st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 48 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 1042nd with 255 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,219 places. More babies were named Charleston in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,261 girls, down 625 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 48girls
- Girls and boys
- 56% girls, 44% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2015255 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,813babies recorded
Charleston popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,261 | #3,003 | 48 | 41 |
| 2020 | #2,636 | #2,327 | 64 | 58 |
| 2010 | #6,708 | #2,591 | 19 | 47 |
| 2000 | #15,501 | #2,927 | 5 | 30 |
| 1990 | — | #1,733 | — | 46 |
| 1980 | — | #2,227 | — | 23 |
| 1970 | — | #2,755 | — | 12 |
| 1960 | — | #2,559 | — | 11 |
| 1950 | — | #2,804 | — | 8 |
| 1940 | — | #2,914 | — | 7 |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | #3,000 | — | 9 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Charleston, counting every spelling?
Charleston has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Charleston?
48 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Charleston (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Charleston born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 175 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Charleston.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Charleston?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Charleston are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 6 and 11. That makes Charleston a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Charleston by state
How common Charleston was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in South Carolina (9.3×), Tennessee (5.5×), North Carolina (5.2×). In 45 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Charleston: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Charleston, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Charleston
How popular is the name Charleston?
Charleston was the 3261st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 48 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 1042nd with 255 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,219 places. More babies were named Charleston in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Charleston a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 56% girls, 44% boys given the name Charleston in the US.
Where is Charleston most popular?
In 2021–2025, Charleston was most common in South Carolina (0.31 per 1,000 girls), followed by Tennessee and North Carolina.