Charlie-James
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- CHAR-lee-JAYMZ
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Charlie-James is a boys' name of Modern origin, meaning “free man + supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Charlie-James mean?
Modern: combination of Charlie and James
“free man + supplanter”
A double-barrelled pairing of Charlie, from Charles, with James, the English form of the Hebrew Jacob.
Is Charlie-James a girl's or a boy's name?
Charlie-James is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Charlie-James in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Charlie-James, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 2012, with 25 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Charlie-James than any year since 2008.
Half of all the boys named Charlie-James in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Charlie-James in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,581 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,543 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,260 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,241 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,166 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
Nicknames for Charlie-James
- Charlie 1,969 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Charlie-James
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tobias, Zachary, Elijah, Elias, Caleb, Noah, Sebastian, Theo, Henry, Carter, Gabriel, Lucas
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Charlie-James: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/charlie-james, updated 20 October 2026.