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Charity

Gender
Girl
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#5,990 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,981 for girls

Charity is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 1,981st for girls in the US (97 babies).

What does Charity mean?

English

A female given name from English.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Charity a girl's or a boy's name?

Charity is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 97 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Charity in the UK?

Rank in 2025
5,990th among girls
Babies in 2025
3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Charity, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 22 girls.

2025 had more girls named Charity than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Charity in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 22 in 20012025
Charity in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
20240–
20230–
20220–
20210–
20204#4,744
20190–
20180–
20173#5,998
20160–
20156#3,777
20143#5,920
20135#4,267
20121#7,881
20111#7,717
20108#2,992
20099#2,695
20084#4,742
20073#5,415
20067#2,940
20055#3,543
20046#2,957
200311#1,831
200214#1,475
200122#1,042
20008#2,097
19997#2,295
19988#2,110
199718#1,164
199612#1,520

How popular is Charity in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,981st among girls
Babies in 2025
97 about 1 in 17,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 40% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 97 girls in the US were named Charity, making it the 1,981st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,474th. Its busiest year was 1975, with 1,420 girls.

Half of all the girls named Charity in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 1,420 in 19752025
Charity in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202597#1,981
202495#2,040
2023118#1,736
2022118#1,754
2021134#1,562
2020145#1,474
2019184#1,259
2018189#1,233
2017197#1,217
2016197#1,236
2015206#1,209
2014247#1,052
2013261#964
2012277#926
2011310#848
2010315#851
2009316#872
2008369#789
2007439#670
2006435#663
2005424#655
2004508#564
2003535#529
2002544#506
2001574#485
2000608#456
1999482#525
1998476#531
1997464#515
1996490#487
1995495#495
1994484#515
1993515#488
1992485#500
1991553#455
1990536#457
1989568#433
1988648#372
1987741#330
1986856#288
1985912#274
1984790#303
1983813#290
1982859#284
1981964#255
19801,061#243
19791,197#219
19781,067#232
19771,195#211
19761,205#203
19751,420#183
19741,410#186
1973957#260
1972583#371
1971341#536
1970343#546
1969234#653
1968115#966
196794#1,071
196699#1,050
196586#1,145
196474#1,293
196377#1,250
196281#1,224
1961106#1,063
196070#1,311
195955#1,449
195851#1,497
195759#1,375
195657#1,377
195544#1,536
195438#1,647
195356#1,298
195250#1,367
195154#1,265
195055#1,240
194953#1,250
194848#1,326
194752#1,254
194649#1,228
194536#1,331
194439#1,271
194351#1,123
194242#1,229
194144#1,117
194042#1,114
193942#1,102
193840#1,140
193733#1,255
193634#1,230
193546#1,018
193430#1,317
193324#1,513
193248#1,015
193147#1,022
193041#1,161
192941#1,159
192853#1,029
192766#917
192651#1,045
192562#944
192470#903
192353#1,037
192257#989
192157#987
192063#914
191984#765
191875#825
191773#807
191679#769
191575#761
191459#747
191368#626
191255#673
191146#634
191044#640
190932#706
190850#511
190747#521
190653#465
190546#497
190444#493
190332#574
190234#559
190134#520
190044#509
189931#537
189850#434
189743#449
189639#462
189540#455
189441#437
189331#487
189235#460
189137#404
189053#350
188936#405
188847#347
188740#337
188638#346
188521#459
188431#358
188329#331
188230#323
188122#346
188029#288

Names like Charity

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Emily, Molly, Holly, Lily, Ivy, Daisy, Amber, Chloe, Sarah, Jessica, Hannah, Amy

More English names

Evelyn, Hudson, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison

Every English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Charity: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/charity, updated 20 October 2026.