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Unisex name

Charly

66% girls, 34% boys · 64 born in 2025

Charly has been given to about 3,833 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2022, which makes it a current name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation—
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 3,747
Median age today18 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Charly per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2022 · 141
  • Born in 202564
  • All time3,833

How popular is Charly?

Its best year was 2022, when 141 babies were given the name, ranking 2008th. The typical living American called Charly is about 18 years old today. It is relatively most common in California, where it accounts for 0.00% of births.

Names that sound like Charly

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Carly0.78
  2. Charli0.79
  3. Charley0.76
  4. Karly0.75
  5. Charla0.70
  6. Charlie0.66
  7. Early0.68
  8. Charity0.65

Middle names for Charly

Ranked by flow score
  1. Charly Eve0.80
  2. Charly Elizabeth0.78
  3. Charly Josephine0.78
  4. Charly Anne0.78
  5. Charly Rose0.77
  6. Charly Louise0.77

Sibling names for Charly

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Mustafabrother · 0.95
  2. Yehudabrother · 0.94
  3. Samirasister · 0.94
  4. Soleilsister · 0.94
  5. Keziahsister · 0.94
  6. Blazebrother · 0.94

Where Charly is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. California0.00%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Charly Anderson0.74
  2. Charly White0.72
  3. Charly Reyes0.72
  4. Charly Nguyen0.72
  5. Charly Moore0.72
  6. Charly Lee0.72

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Charly

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020
  4. France1900–2025

Charly across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.