Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Charlton

Gender

Male

Origin

English
House Where Charles Lives

Pronunciation

ch(a)-rl-ton, char-lton

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1971 (rank #900, 82 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5861, 15 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1998 (rank #14119, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202515–
20248–
20239–
202213–
202114–
202017–
201913–
201814–
201721–
201614–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 1997 (rank #845, 18 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4209, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20254
2024–
20235
20223
2021–
20205
20194
20186
20177
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1993 (rank #2332, 4 births); most recent 2001 (rank #3555, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #711, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
20203
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence