Charlye
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- CHAR-lee
- Origin
- Germanic
Charlye is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Charlye mean?
Germanic: variant of Charlie, a pet form of Charles and Charlotte
“free man”
Is Charlye a girl's or a boy's name?
Charlye is a girls' name.
How popular is Charlye in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the girls named Charlye in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Charlye in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
Names like Charlye
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chloe, Emma, Ellie, Caroline, Allie, Millie, Callie, Ella, Elodie, Adeline, Isla, Phoebe
Names related to Charlye
Charlie, Charlee, Charli, Charley, Carly, Carlee, Charly, Carley
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Freddie, Harry, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles, Lottie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Charlye: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/charlye, updated 20 October 2026.