How Many People Are Named Charls?
An estimated 228 people in the United States have the first name Charls. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 72 years old, and Charls peaked in popularity in 1932 with 24 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Charls 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 Charls paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- With an average bearer age of 72, Charls is a vintage name most associated with earlier generations. Most living bearers were born before 1964.
Estimated Living Americans
228
About 1 in 1,503,309 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
72
years old
Peak Year
1932
24 births
Total Registered
722
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Charls
Charls is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 722 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Charls as a male name
Ranked #4,295 in 1987
10 male births in 1987
Peak: 1932 (24 births)
Charls: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Charls span from the 1880s to the 1980s, covering 11 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1930s, when 165 babies were registered. Charls has declined significantly from its peak in the 1930s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Charls by Decade
How has Charls 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.
Charls + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Charls as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Charls
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Charls: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Charls?
We estimate approximately 228 people named Charls 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 1,503,309 Americans share this first name.
Is Charls a common name?
Charls is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 75.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 722 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Charls most popular?
Charls reached peak popularity in 1932, when 24 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Charls is approximately 72 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Charls a male name?
Charls is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Charls Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Charls Smith, Charls Johnson, Charls 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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