Charity is an established girls' name that peaked in 1975 and has since faded.
Charity is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,981 for girl births in the United States (and #3,606 across all names), given to 97 babies. Charity was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1975 (1,420 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 97 | 97 | #1,981 | — |
| 2024 | 95 | 95 | #2,043 | — |
| 2023 | 118 | 118 | #1,741 | — |
| 2022 | 118 | 118 | #1,758 | — |
| 2021 | 134 | 134 | #1,570 | — |
| 2020 | 145 | 145 | #1,479 | — |
| 2019 | 184 | 184 | #1,261 | — |
| 2018 | 189 | 189 | #1,234 | — |
| 2017 | 197 | 197 | #1,221 | — |
| 2016 | 197 | 197 | #1,237 | — |
| 2015 | 206 | 206 | #1,209 | — |
| 2014 | 247 | 247 | #1,052 | — |
| 2013 | 261 | 261 | #965 | — |
| 2012 | 277 | 277 | #926 | — |
| 2011 | 310 | 310 | #848 | — |
| 2010 | 315 | 315 | #851 | — |
| 2009 | 316 | 316 | #872 | — |
| 2008 | 369 | 369 | #790 | — |
| 2007 | 439 | 439 | #670 | — |
| 2006 | 435 | 435 | #664 | — |
| 2005 | 424 | 424 | #655 | — |
| 2004 | 508 | 508 | #564 | — |
| 2003 | 535 | 535 | #529 | — |
| 2002 | 544 | 551 | #506 | — |
| 2001 | 574 | 574 | #486 | — |
| 2000 | 608 | 614 | #456 | — |
| 1999 | 482 | 482 | #525 | — |
| 1998 | 476 | 481 | #531 | — |
| 1997 | 464 | — | #515 | — |
| 1996 | 490 | — | #487 | — |
| 1995 | 495 | — | #495 | — |
| 1994 | 484 | — | #515 | — |
| 1993 | 515 | — | #488 | — |
| 1992 | 485 | — | #500 | — |
| 1991 | 553 | — | #455 | — |
| 1990 | 536 | — | #458 | — |
| 1989 | 568 | — | #433 | — |
| 1988 | 648 | — | #372 | — |
| 1987 | 741 | — | #330 | — |
| 1986 | 861 | — | #288 | #6,891 |
| 1985 | 917 | — | #274 | #6,687 |
| 1984 | 790 | — | #303 | — |
| 1983 | 813 | — | #290 | — |
| 1982 | 859 | — | #284 | — |
| 1981 | 970 | — | #255 | #5,614 |
| 1980 | 1,061 | — | #243 | — |
| 1979 | 1,202 | — | #219 | #6,197 |
| 1978 | 1,072 | — | #232 | #5,941 |
| 1977 | 1,195 | — | #211 | — |
| 1976 | 1,210 | — | #203 | #5,736 |
| 1975 | 1,428 | — | #183 | #4,004 |
| 1974 | 1,410 | — | #186 | — |
| 1973 | 957 | — | #260 | — |
| 1972 | 583 | — | #371 | — |
| 1971 | 341 | — | #536 | — |
| 1970 | 343 | — | #546 | — |
| 1969 | 234 | — | #653 | — |
| 1968 | 115 | — | #967 | — |
| 1967 | 94 | — | #1,074 | — |
| 1966 | 99 | — | #1,051 | — |
| 1965 | 86 | — | #1,148 | — |
| 1964 | 74 | — | #1,296 | — |
| 1963 | 77 | — | #1,250 | — |
| 1962 | 81 | — | #1,225 | — |
| 1961 | 106 | — | #1,063 | — |
| 1960 | 70 | — | #1,313 | — |
| 1959 | 55 | — | #1,452 | — |
| 1958 | 51 | — | #1,501 | — |
| 1957 | 59 | — | #1,378 | — |
| 1956 | 57 | — | #1,381 | — |
| 1955 | 44 | — | #1,542 | — |
| 1954 | 38 | — | #1,649 | — |
| 1953 | 56 | — | #1,300 | — |
| 1952 | 50 | — | #1,371 | — |
| 1951 | 54 | — | #1,268 | — |
| 1950 | 55 | — | #1,241 | — |
| 1949 | 53 | — | #1,253 | — |
| 1948 | 48 | — | #1,329 | — |
| 1947 | 52 | — | #1,256 | — |
| 1946 | 49 | — | #1,230 | — |
| 1945 | 36 | — | #1,334 | — |
| 1944 | 39 | — | #1,277 | — |
| 1943 | 51 | — | #1,129 | — |
| 1942 | 42 | — | #1,230 | — |
| 1941 | 44 | — | #1,121 | — |
| 1940 | 42 | — | #1,119 | — |
| 1939 | 42 | — | #1,109 | — |
| 1938 | 40 | — | #1,145 | — |
| 1937 | 33 | — | #1,257 | — |
| 1936 | 34 | — | #1,234 | — |
| 1935 | 46 | — | #1,018 | — |
| 1934 | 30 | — | #1,320 | — |
| 1933 | 24 | — | #1,517 | — |
| 1932 | 48 | — | #1,017 | — |
| 1931 | 47 | — | #1,024 | — |
| 1930 | 41 | — | #1,163 | — |
| 1929 | 41 | — | #1,160 | — |
| 1928 | 53 | — | #1,029 | — |
| 1927 | 66 | — | #917 | — |
| 1926 | 51 | — | #1,046 | — |
| 1925 | 62 | — | #946 | — |
| 1924 | 70 | — | #908 | — |
| 1923 | 53 | — | #1,039 | — |
| 1922 | 57 | — | #991 | — |
| 1921 | 57 | — | #989 | — |
| 1920 | 63 | — | #915 | — |
| 1919 | 84 | — | #766 | — |
| 1918 | 75 | — | #825 | — |
| 1917 | 73 | — | #807 | — |
| 1916 | 79 | — | #770 | — |
| 1915 | 75 | — | #762 | — |
| 1914 | 59 | — | #750 | — |
| 1913 | 68 | — | #626 | — |
| 1912 | 55 | — | #673 | — |
| 1911 | 46 | — | #637 | — |
| 1910 | 44 | — | #641 | — |
| 1909 | 32 | — | #708 | — |
| 1908 | 50 | — | #511 | — |
| 1907 | 47 | — | #522 | — |
| 1906 | 53 | — | #466 | — |
| 1905 | 46 | — | #499 | — |
| 1904 | 44 | — | #495 | — |
| 1903 | 32 | — | #576 | — |
| 1902 | 34 | — | #561 | — |
| 1901 | 34 | — | #522 | — |
| 1900 | 44 | — | #509 | — |
| 1899 | 31 | — | #537 | — |
| 1898 | 50 | — | #434 | — |
| 1897 | 43 | — | #450 | — |
| 1896 | 39 | — | #462 | — |
| 1895 | 40 | — | #458 | — |
| 1894 | 41 | — | #439 | — |
| 1893 | 31 | — | #488 | — |
| 1892 | 35 | — | #460 | — |
| 1891 | 37 | — | #407 | — |
| 1890 | 53 | — | #351 | — |
| 1889 | 36 | — | #405 | — |
| 1888 | 47 | — | #348 | — |
| 1887 | 40 | — | #339 | — |
| 1886 | 38 | — | #347 | — |
| 1885 | 21 | — | #459 | — |
| 1884 | 31 | — | #359 | — |
| 1883 | 29 | — | #332 | — |
| 1882 | 30 | — | #323 | — |
| 1881 | 22 | — | #348 | — |
| 1880 | 29 | — | #290 | — |