Is Charly a boy or girl name?

Charly is a unisex name. Of the 3,833 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 65.7% were girls and 34.3% were boys. It changed hands in 2003, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Charly

Recorded 1884–2025 · United States

Charly was most popular in 2022, when 141 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,817 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,741, with 64 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,833 people named Charly.

Charly over time

Births per year. The dot marks Charly’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Charly a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Charly is a unisex name — 65.7% of the 3,833 Americans given it were girls and 34.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 2003 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 72% girls and 28% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Charly

Where Charly is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org