Charls
Charls is a given name and a surname. Notable people known by this name include the following:
Meaning & Origin of Charls
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Charls is a given name and a surname. Notable people known by this name include the following:
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The Story of Charls
American parents first put Charls on the record books as a baby boy name in 1886, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1932, when 24 Charlss were born — ranking #1,426 that year. About 23% of every Charls on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Charls last appeared in the published SSA data in 1987, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 722 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Charls
Charls is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1886 and has accumulated 722 births in the dataset. Charls's peak popularity came in 1932 when it ranked #1,426. Use the chart and map above to compare Charls'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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