How Many People Are Named Charity?
An estimated 30,550 people in the United States have the first name Charity. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 38 years old, and Charity peaked in popularity in 1975 with 1,428 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Charity 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 Charity paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
30,550
About 1 in 11,219 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
99.9% confidence
Average Age
38
years old
Peak Year
1975
1,428 births
Total Registered
35,458
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Charity
Charity is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 35,458 total births registered, 99.9% were female.
Charity as a male name
Ranked #6,893 in 1986
5 male births in 1986
Peak: 1975 (8 births)
Charity as a female name
Ranked #2,037 in 2024
95 female births in 2024
Peak: 1975 (1,420 births)
Charity: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Charity span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 15 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 9,741 babies were registered. Charity has declined significantly from its peak in the 1970s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Charity by Decade
How has Charity 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.
Charity by State
Birth registrations for Charity span all 50 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Ohio. The lowest are in Delaware, District of Columbia, Vermont. On average, about 600 Charitys were registered per state.
Charity + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Charity as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Charity
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Charity: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Charity?
We estimate approximately 30,550 people named Charity 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 11,219 Americans share this first name.
Is Charity a common name?
Charity is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 98.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 35,458 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Charity most popular?
Charity reached peak popularity in 1975, when 1,428 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Charity is approximately 38 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Charity a female name?
Charity is predominantly female. 99.9% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Charity Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Charity Smith, Charity Johnson, Charity 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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