Charity
About Charity
The name Charity peaked for girls at #183 in 1975. The name is most popular in Alabama, Utah, and Tennessee. Charity is occasionally used for boys in 1986.
3 syllables.
As of September 2026, Charity ranked #1981 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #183 in 1975.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,052 | 247 | 138.3 |
| 2015 | #1,209 | 206 | 115.4 |
| 2016 | #1,237 | 197 | 111.2 |
| 2017 | #1,220 | 197 | 114.1 |
| 2018 | #1,232 | 189 | 111.1 |
| 2019 | #1,261 | 184 | 109.6 |
| 2020 | #1,478 | 145 | 89.7 |
| 2021 | #1,569 | 134 | 81.7 |
| 2022 | #1,758 | 118 | 71.9 |
| 2023 | #1,740 | 118 | 73.5 |
| 2024 | #2,037 | 95 | 58.6 |
| 2025 | #1,981 | 97 | 60.4 |
World rankings
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Famous Charitys
- Charity Wakefield
English actress
- Charity Shea
American actress
- Charity Rahmer
American actress
- Charity Edna Adams Earley
first black American WACS officer
- Charity Brown (born Phyllis Boltz)
Canadian actress
- Charity Kaluki Ngilu
Kenyan politician
- Charity Opara
Nigerian Olympic runner
- Charity Waciuma
Kenyan novelist
- Charity Ogbenyealu Adule
Nigerian footballer
- Charity Hallett Barnum
wife of American showman P.T. Barnum
- Charity Clarke
American revolutionary
- Charity Clarke Moore
daughter of American poet Clement C. Moore, who composed "The Night Before Christmas" for her; granddaughter of Charity Clarke
Charity in pop culture
- Charity Hope Valentine
character in musical "Sweet Charity"
- Charity Channing
character in TV series "2 Broke Girls"
- Charity Burbage
teacher in the "Harry Potter" series
- Charity Dingle
a character played by actress Emma Atkins on the British soap "Emmerdale"
- Charity Standish
character on American soap "Passions"
- Charity Bazaar
character on animated series "Histeria!"
- Charity More
character in "Stargazer" by Claudia Gray
- Charity Graff
main character in "Cutters Don't Cry" by Christine Dzidrums