Charlea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- CHAR-lee
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Charlea is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Charlea mean?
Germanic: spelling of Charlie, from Charles or Charlotte
“free man”
Is Charlea a girl's or a boy's name?
Charlea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Charlea in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Charlea in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2005. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Charlea in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 17 | #1,243 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Charlea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Charlea, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Charlea in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,266 girls in the US were given Charlea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #63, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Charlea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Nicknames for Charlea
- Charlie 1,969 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Charlea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chloe Emma Zoe Ellie Thea Isla Freya Hannah Lyra Zara Ella Harper
Other spellings of Charlea
Charlie Charlee Charli Charley Charleigh Charly Charlii Charliee
Names related to Charlea
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Freddie Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles Alice Myles Charles
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, “Charlea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/charlea, updated 20 October 2026.