How Many People Are Named Char?
An estimated 401 people in the United States have the first name Char. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 56 years old, and Char peaked in popularity in 1960 with 26 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Char as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Char paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
401
About 1 in 854,749 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
56
years old
Peak Year
1960
26 births
Total Registered
488
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Char
Char is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 488 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Char as a female name
Ranked #14,148 in 1997
5 female births in 1997
Peak: 1960 (26 births)
Char: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Char span from the 1940s to the 1990s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 138 babies were registered. Char has declined significantly from its peak in the 1970s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Char by Decade
How has Char tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Char + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Char as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Char
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Char: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Char?
We estimate approximately 401 people named Char are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 854,749 Americans share this first name.
Is Char a common name?
Char is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 82.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 488 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Char most popular?
Char reached peak popularity in 1960, when 26 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Char is approximately 56 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Char a female name?
Char is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Char Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Char Smith, Char Johnson, Char Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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