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Charlton

Gender
Boy
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CHARL-ton
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#4,301 for boys
US rank, 2025
#5,859 for boys

Charlton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “settlement of free peasants”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).

What does Charlton mean?

English: English surname from place names

“settlement of free peasants”

Actor Charlton Heston, star of Ben-Hur (1959), took his first name from his mother's maiden name.

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

Charlton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Charlton in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,301st among boys
Babies in 2025
4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 50% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Charlton, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 18 boys.

Half of all the boys named Charlton in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 18 in 19972025
Charlton in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20240–
20235#3,712
20223#5,017
20210–
20208#2,562
20194#4,126
20186#3,162
20177#2,875
20164#4,214
20159#2,425
20143#4,829
20133#4,884
20125#3,572
20119#2,311
20105#3,478
20096#2,970
20087#2,616
20074#3,748
20065#3,013
200511#1,701
20049#1,831
20036#2,283
20025#2,358
20017#1,833
200011#1,308
199910#1,352
199812#1,180
199718#899
199615#979

How popular is Charlton in the US?

Rank in 2025
5,859th among boys
Babies in 2025
15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 27% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Charlton, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 1971, with 82 boys. It first appears in the records in 1888.

2025 had more boys named Charlton than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Charlton in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.

1888Busiest: 82 in 19712025
Charlton in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202515#5,859
20248#8,982
20239#8,250
202213#6,473
202114#6,027
202017#5,231
201913#6,401
201814#6,032
201721#4,590
201614#6,048
201519#4,888
201425#4,011
201314#5,919
201220#4,682
201126#3,883
201021#4,516
200932#3,397
200837#3,101
200720#4,638
200632#3,304
200543#2,563
200423#3,855
200337#2,670
200225#3,445
200139#2,485
200039#2,421
199935#2,506
199829#2,779
199731#2,542
199620#3,400
199550#1,753
199441#2,007
199347#1,787
199247#1,773
199143#1,817
199048#1,680
198957#1,447
198855#1,400
198753#1,377
198660#1,241
198550#1,370
198451#1,293
198345#1,398
198245#1,414
198146#1,396
198053#1,272
197949#1,319
197839#1,487
197758#1,144
197644#1,333
197576#938
197459#1,073
197346#1,223
197249#1,163
197182#901
197059#1,063
196940#1,252
196835#1,282
196749#1,043
196643#1,131
196542#1,163
196460#980
196352#1,051
196251#1,068
196152#1,077
196045#1,166
195960#992
195852#1,059
195744#1,164
195646#1,119
195546#1,101
195445#1,111
195332#1,330
195216#1,938
19519#2,660
195015#1,940
194913#2,122
194817#1,816
194718#1,785
194613#2,029
194512#2,008
19449#2,466
194315#1,909
194211#2,267
194117#1,685
194012#2,081
193923#1,390
193810#2,326
193717#1,688
19366#3,146
193511#2,246
193412#2,121
193317#1,707
193213#2,101
193121#1,538
19307#3,287
192910#2,588
192818#1,822
192713#2,298
192614#2,186
192516#2,011
192425#1,532
192321#1,695
192222#1,644
192119#1,828
192016#2,051
191922#1,575
191820#1,709
191721#1,586
191624#1,415
191521#1,504
19145#3,263
191314#1,440
191212#1,416
19116#1,536
19100–
19096#1,277
19080–
19070–
19066#1,110
19056#1,090
19045#1,204
19030–
19020–
19010–
19000–
18990–
18980–
18970–
18960–
18956#977
18940–
18930–
18925#1,065
18910–
18907#814
18890–
18885#1,030

Names like Charlton

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

Jason, Aaron, Michael, Adam, Nathan, Daniel, Patrick, Matthew, David, Cameron, Billy, Jamie

Names related to Charlton

Carlton, Karlton, Carleton

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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, “Charlton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/charlton, updated 20 October 2026.