Charleston
About Charleston
Lovers of the languid South Carolina city might be attracted to this rich-sounding name. Could make an interesting update on Charles -- and can certainly work for a girl too. Actor Joey Lawrence used it for his daughter.
As of October 2026, Charleston ranked #3003 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1583 in 1984.
Editor's take: The name Charleston is a boy's name of American origin meaning "Charles' town".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,004 | 71 | 37 |
| 2015 | #1,744 | 88 | 45.9 |
| 2016 | #2,137 | 65 | 34.3 |
| 2017 | #2,277 | 58 | 31.3 |
| 2018 | #2,305 | 58 | 31.9 |
| 2019 | #2,062 | 70 | 39 |
| 2020 | #2,325 | 58 | 33.6 |
| 2021 | #2,466 | 54 | 30.9 |
| 2022 | #2,876 | 44 | 25.2 |
| 2023 | #3,803 | 29 | 17 |
| 2024 | #2,791 | 46 | 26.7 |
| 2025 | #3,003 | 41 | 24 |
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Famous Charlestons
- Charleston Lawrence (b. 2007)
daughter of actor Joey Lawrence
Charleston in pop culture
- Charleston Tucker
female character on TV's "State of Affairs"
- Charleston
South Carolina, USA
- Charleston House in East Sussex
UK, was the home of the famous 'Bloomsbury Group' of writers and artists, including Virginia Woolf, it has freestyle wall murals painted by Vanessa Bell, and was still lived in by the grandchildren of the group on the 1990s