Charleston
Charleston is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 46 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 460.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201588 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1914
- 3,724people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,467 boys have been named Charleston in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 88 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 2010s alone account for 25%.
Charleston is used for both sexes: 34% of its bearers are girls (1,257), most of them born around 2015.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Charleston | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 22 | |
| 1920s | 64 | |
| 1930s | 23 | |
| 1940s | 32 | |
| 1950s | 99 | |
| 1960s | 125 | |
| 1970s | 202 | |
| 1980s | 336 | |
| 1990s | 374 | |
| 2000s | 350 | |
| 2010s | 609 | |
| 2020s | 231 |
In 2015, its biggest year
Charleston was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2015 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2015.
Names that rose and fell with Charleston
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Desmondpeak 1992
- Johannespeak 2019
- Bronsonpeak 2015
- Ramseypeak 2017
- Jaepeak 2020
- Kendrickpeak 2013
- Benzionpeak 2019
- Kalvinpeak 2017
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.