Charley

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Charley: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Charley: Recorded since 1989, it reached #115 in 2007, and it stood at #718 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
130times a registrar ranked it
37years from first to last
#115highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Charley's record

3 registrars publish it in more than one category list — an observation about those lists, not about the name. Names published across category lists

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#172
1997	#152
1998	#148
1999	#146
2000	#160
2001	#185
2002	#208
2003	#187
2004	#202
2005	#204
2006	#193
2007	#207
2008	#252
2009	#290
2010	#281
2011	#348
2012	#357
2013	#408
2014	#405
2015	#487
2016	#735
2017	#740
2018	#767
2019	#980
2020	#1352
2021	#1161
2022	#1556
2023	#1863
2024	#1672

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 13 of the 30 years from 1989 to 2018.

In 2024: #384 among girls in Scotland, #407 among girls in Northern Ireland, #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1672 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1989–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1989
First recorded at #307 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1989 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #115 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2007 (recorded 1999–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Charley appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 1,836 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1989.

Charley across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Charley's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#307 (1989)	#307 (1989)	#749 (2018)	13 of 30	50 (1989–2018)	6 (2007)
England and Wales · Boys	#283 (1996)	#263 (1998)	#2443 (2024)	29 of 29	1,836 (1996–2024)	107 (2006)
England and Wales · Girls	#172 (1996)	#146 (1999)	#1672 (2024)	29 of 29	4,526 (1996–2024)	320 (1999)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#496 (1997)	#273 (2013)	#718 (2025)	25 of 29	236 (1997–2025)	19 (2010)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#259 (1999)	#115 (2007)	#407 (2024)	24 of 26	193 (1999–2024)	19 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#277 (2000)	#232 (2008)	#273 (2012)	9 of 13	40 (2000–2012)	8 (2008)

Charley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Charley in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	384	4 of 10	96
2000sbusiest	842	10 of 10	84
2010s	554	10 of 10	55
2020s	56	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 84 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2014 and 2015, when recorded births fell by 33, from 66 to 33.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Charley appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1989 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #115 in Northern Ireland in 2007.

Charley's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1672	18	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1863	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1469	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1161	29	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1352	23	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#980	36	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1369	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#767	50	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1324	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#740	54	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#906	34	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#735	54	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#870	36	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#487	89	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#903	33	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#405	107	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#550	66	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#408	104	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#546	66	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#357	135	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#408	98	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#348	137	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#444	85	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#281	176	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#400	99	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#290	164	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#383	102	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#252	196	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#401	93	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#207	249	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#371	98	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#193	260	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#326	107	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#204	229	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#325	98	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#202	229	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#352	84	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#187	251	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#432	59	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#208	209	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#411	55	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#185	227	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#356	69	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#160	279	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#330	77	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#146	320	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#322	82	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#148	310	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#263	106	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#152	301	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#270	101	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#172	256	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#283	95	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#305	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#237	7	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#397	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#238	7	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#251	7	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#269	6	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#135	15	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#273	6	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#189	10	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#172	12	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#253	7	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#329	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#277	6	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#115	19	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#276	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#137	15	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#257	5	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#193	9	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#183	9	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#185	8	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#209	7	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#206	7	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#282	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#259	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#495	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#700	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#568	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	11	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	12	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	12	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	15	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#273	18	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#337	15	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	17	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#276	19	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#582	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	16	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#398	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	9	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	8	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#384	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1989 and 2025, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #115, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 320 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

3 registrars publish it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 35 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Charlene · #52, 49y
Charles · #41, 81y
Charli · #48, 29y
Charlie · #3, 35y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Emmie · #115, 30y
Neve · #115, 29y
Milly · #116, 29y
Nell · #114, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Jonatan · #119, 44y
Katy · #111, 41y
Keelan · #111, 44y
Meghan · #119, 41y

Charley was ranked #115 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2007. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Charley and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Charley without appearing here.

Charley moved ahead of

Grant Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1469 and #4001.
Brett Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1469 and #3449.
Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1556 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1863 and #2689.
Ross Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #2160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #3254.

Moved ahead of Charley

Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #980 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1352 and #460.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1469 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #1363.
Gerard Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1469 and #1534 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #1461.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1469 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #1461.

Moved the opposite way to Charley

Adam Compare
Between 1989 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Charley went from #307 to #749 while Adam went from #56 to #9.
Alex Compare
Between 1989 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Charley went from #307 to #749 while Alex went from #199 to #16.
Alexander Compare
Between 1989 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Charley went from #307 to #749 while Alexander went from #116 to #31.
Ben Compare
Between 1989 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Charley went from #307 to #749 while Ben went from #143 to #29.

Moved the same way as Charley

Adrian Compare
Between 1989 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Charley went from #307 to #749 and Adrian from #74 to #180.
Denis Compare
Between 1989 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Charley went from #307 to #749 and Denis from #79 to #187.
Edward Compare
Between 1989 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Charley went from #307 to #749 and Edward from #56 to #87.
Francis Compare
Between 1989 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Charley went from #307 to #749 and Francis from #74 to #247.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1989 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #115 in Northern Ireland in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Charley

Charley at a glance

What stands out in Charley's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Charley across 6 official records

Charley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Charley appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Charley

Charley and the names beside it

Charley moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Charley

Moved the opposite way to Charley

Moved the same way as Charley

Charley at a glance

What stands out in Charley's record

Charley across 6 official records

Charley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Charley appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Charley

Charley and the names beside it

Charley moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Charley

Moved the opposite way to Charley

Moved the same way as Charley