Charles Variations & Nicknames
Honor Charles with a different spelling, a familiar short form, or a form used in another language. Each choice below identifies its connection to the name family and has its own U.S. popularity history.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An English form or familiar short form of Charles. | 5,898#48 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
A feminine form in the Charles family. | 82#2,242 | Down 331 rank positions in five years | 1946 | ||
A feminine form in the Charles family. | 185#1,222 | Down 275 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
A Germanic, northern, or central European form of Charles. | 187#1,134 | Down 321 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
A feminine form in the Charles family. | 13,400#2 | Up 3 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
A Spanish or Portuguese form of Charles. | 2,418#150 | Down 1 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
A feminine form in the Charles family. | 2,646#96 | Down 25 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Charles. | 2,460#145 | Up 59 rank positions in five years | 1919 | ||
A feminine form in the Charles family. | 223#1,083 | Down 59 rank positions in five years | 1962 | ||
A feminine form in the Charles family. | 9#10,254 | Up 2,142 rank positions in five years | 1942 | ||
A Germanic, northern, or central European form of Charles. | 107#1,593 | Down 23 rank positions in five years | 1960 | ||
A feminine form in the Charles family. | 340#803 | Down 127 rank positions in five years | 1964 | ||
A feminine form in the Charles family. | 769#405 | Up 45 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Charles. | 87#1,827 | Down 26 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Charles. | 9#8,377 | Up 4,017 rank positions in five years | 1961 | ||
An Italian form of Charles. | 276#869 | Up 457 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
A feminine form in the Charles family. | 35#4,085 | Up 697 rank positions in five years | 1948 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Charles. | 24#4,273 | Down 1,609 rank positions in five years | 1962 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Charles. | 5#12,379 | new | 1915 | ||
A Germanic, northern, or central European form of Charles. | —Unranked | — | 2005 | ||
A feminine form in the Charles family. | —Unranked | — | 1967 | ||
A Catalan form of Charles. | —Unranked | — | 1928 | ||
A Germanic, northern, or central European form of Charles. | 5#12,962 | Up 113 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
A Germanic, northern, or central European form of Charles. | —Unranked | — | 1997 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.