boy's name

Jean-Charles

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 12
  • Births on record 19,568

Jean-Charles is a boy's name. In 2024 it was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in France in 1967, when 585 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in France.
  • First appears in birth records in 1903.

Jean-Charles over time

Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

4,845
'00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Jean-Charles by decade in France
Decade Births
1900s 30
1910s 50
1920s 65
1930s 145
1940s 930
1950s 2,830
1960s 4,845
1970s 4,510
1980s 4,220
1990s 1,445
2000s 295
2010s 80
2020s (to 2024) 20

How popular is Jean-Charles?

In 2024, Jean-Charles was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Jean-Charles is used

Canada #2,466 5 in 2006
France #4,515 5 in 2024

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.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Jean-Charles

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

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

Sibling names for Jean-Charles

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

Common questions about Jean-Charles

Is Jean-Charles a girl's or a boy's name?

Jean-Charles is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Jean-Charles most popular?

Jean-Charles peaked in 1967, when 585 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.