Charlies
Charlie's Group Limited is a New Zealand-based producer of fruit juices and fruit-based soft drinks. It is owned by the Japanese beverage company Asahi.
Meaning & Origin of Charlies
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Charlie's Group Limited is a New Zealand-based producer of fruit juices and fruit-based soft drinks. It is owned by the Japanese beverage company Asahi.
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The Story of Charlies
The earliest SSA record of Charlies as a baby boy name dates back to 1919, when 7 babies received it. 1939 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Charlies — #2,288 in the national rankings. About 24% of every Charlies on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Charlies last appeared in the published SSA data in 1979, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 181 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Charlies
Charlies is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1919 and has accumulated 181 births in the dataset. Charlies's peak popularity came in 1939 when it ranked #2,288. Use the chart and map above to compare Charlies's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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