Charmaine
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shar-MAYN
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Charmaine is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Charmaine mean?
Modern: 20th-century name, perhaps from Charmian
Spread by the 1926 song Charmaine, written for the silent film What Price Glory.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Charmaine a girl's or a boy's name?
Charmaine is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Charmaine in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Charmaine, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 126 girls.
Half of all the girls named Charmaine in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Charmaine in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,763 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,346 |
| 2007 | 26 | #1,170 |
| 2006 | 23 | #1,229 |
| 2005 | 25 | #1,077 |
| 2004 | 36 | #834 |
| 2003 | 37 | #783 |
| 2002 | 36 | #762 |
| 2001 | 49 | #610 |
| 2000 | 43 | #654 |
| 1999 | 54 | #571 |
| 1998 | 92 | #392 |
| 1997 | 84 | #427 |
| 1996 | 126 | #312 |
How popular is Charmaine in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1952, with 619 girls. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the girls named Charmaine in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 1981, the years shaded on the chart below.
Charmaine in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,815 |
| 2003 | 34 | #3,942 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,972 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,959 |
| 2000 | 68 | #2,273 |
| 1999 | 77 | #2,015 |
| 1998 | 83 | #1,842 |
| 1997 | 94 | #1,669 |
| 1996 | 96 | #1,607 |
| 1995 | 121 | #1,352 |
| 1994 | 161 | #1,113 |
| 1993 | 188 | #981 |
| 1992 | 265 | #775 |
| 1991 | 256 | #798 |
| 1990 | 240 | #818 |
| 1989 | 227 | #831 |
| 1988 | 215 | #837 |
| 1987 | 184 | #905 |
| 1986 | 188 | #879 |
| 1985 | 182 | #880 |
| 1984 | 184 | #838 |
| 1983 | 235 | #715 |
| 1982 | 201 | #801 |
| 1981 | 205 | #791 |
| 1980 | 245 | #696 |
| 1979 | 249 | #685 |
| 1978 | 230 | #691 |
| 1977 | 298 | #580 |
| 1976 | 325 | #537 |
| 1975 | 268 | #600 |
| 1974 | 269 | #588 |
| 1973 | 306 | #546 |
| 1972 | 291 | #567 |
| 1971 | 239 | #662 |
| 1970 | 255 | #646 |
| 1969 | 222 | #666 |
| 1968 | 183 | #723 |
| 1967 | 220 | #643 |
| 1966 | 236 | #617 |
| 1965 | 244 | #625 |
| 1964 | 261 | #628 |
| 1963 | 275 | #602 |
| 1962 | 291 | #577 |
| 1961 | 299 | #581 |
| 1960 | 261 | #622 |
| 1959 | 317 | #547 |
| 1958 | 293 | #577 |
| 1957 | 340 | #519 |
| 1956 | 333 | #511 |
| 1955 | 343 | #491 |
| 1954 | 351 | #474 |
| 1953 | 430 | #415 |
| 1952 | 619 | #330 |
| 1951 | 192 | #622 |
| 1950 | 152 | #697 |
| 1949 | 132 | #744 |
| 1948 | 128 | #752 |
| 1947 | 130 | #750 |
| 1946 | 104 | #809 |
| 1945 | 102 | #737 |
| 1944 | 106 | #739 |
| 1943 | 107 | #752 |
| 1942 | 101 | #752 |
| 1941 | 89 | #756 |
| 1940 | 97 | #706 |
| 1939 | 84 | #748 |
| 1938 | 80 | #786 |
| 1937 | 84 | #741 |
| 1936 | 90 | #702 |
| 1935 | 85 | #729 |
| 1934 | 94 | #689 |
| 1933 | 82 | #721 |
| 1932 | 106 | #650 |
| 1931 | 93 | #690 |
| 1930 | 124 | #622 |
| 1929 | 113 | #654 |
| 1928 | 265 | #420 |
| 1927 | 74 | #856 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
Nicknames for Charmaine
- Char
Names like Charmaine
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Michelle, Holly, Jasmine, Connie, Nicole, Robyn, Molly, Erin, Constance, Billie, Amber, Leanne
Names related to Charmaine
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), 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, “Charmaine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/charmaine, updated 20 October 2026.