girl's name

Charmian

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 483

Charmian is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 1986 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1970, when 18 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1914.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Charmian over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 1980s. The striped bar is the 1980s, still in progress — it covers 1980 to 1986, not a full ten years.

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Births named Charmian by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 45
1920s 93
1930s 32
1940s 73
1950s 36
1960s 42
1970s 106
1980s (to 1986) 46

How popular is Charmian?

In 1986, Charmian was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Charmian is used

England & Wales #5,107 3 in 2000
United States #8,491 8 in 1986

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Charmian

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Charmian also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Charmian over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Charmian

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Charmian — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Charmian

How popular is the name Charmian?

In 1986, Charmian was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Charmian is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Charmian?

Charmian has 3 syllables.

When was Charmian most popular?

Charmian peaked in 1970, when 18 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.