How Many People Are Named Charna?
An estimated 467 people in the United States have the first name Charna. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 43 years old, and Charna peaked in popularity in 1965 with 14 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Charna 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 Charna paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
467
About 1 in 733,949 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
43
years old
Peak Year
1965
14 births
Total Registered
554
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Charna
Charna is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 554 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Charna as a female name
Ranked #13,787 in 2024
6 female births in 2024
Peak: 1965 (14 births)
Charna: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Charna span from the 1920s to the 2020s, covering 11 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 96 babies were registered. Charna has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Charna by Decade
How has Charna 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.
Charna by State
Charna + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Charna as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Charna: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Charna?
We estimate approximately 467 people named Charna 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 733,949 Americans share this first name.
Is Charna a common name?
Charna is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 83.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 554 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Charna most popular?
Charna reached peak popularity in 1965, when 14 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Charna is approximately 43 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Charna a female name?
Charna is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Charna Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Charna Smith, Charna Johnson, Charna 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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