Charity
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Charity
Charity is one of the Big Three abstract virtue names, along with Hope and Faith, though far less widely used than the others. But as Faith, Grace and Hope grow more common, some parents are beginning to look at the more unusual three-syllable choices like Verity, Amity, Clarity and Charity, which sound much fresher and also have that pleasingly rhythmic 'y'-ending sound.
In the Dickens novel Martin Chuzzlewit, there are two sisters named Charity and Mercy, who are known as Cherry and Merry.
In the musical Sweet Charity the title character, Charity Hope Valentine, is an all too charitable girl with a heart of gold. In the novel"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Charity Burbage is a Muggle Studies teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and in Two Broke Girls there's an Aunt Charity who's not very charitable.
Charity was in the Top 500 in the 1880's and 1890's, remained in the Top 1000 until 1927 when it dropped from sight, then reappeared in 1968. For a period in the 1970's and eighties, Charity was a Top 300 name.
Charity is also given to boys.
Pronounced CHAR-uh-tee.
As of October 2026, Charity ranked #1981 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #183 in 1975.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,052 | 247 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,209 | 206 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,237 | 197 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,220 | 197 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,232 | 189 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,261 | 184 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,478 | 145 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,569 | 134 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,758 | 118 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,740 | 118 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #2,037 | 95 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,981 | 97 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Charity for girls
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Charity on lists
Famous Charitys
- Charity WakefieldGirl
English actress
- Charity SheaGirl
American actress
- Charity RahmerGirl
American actress
- Charity Edna Adams EarleyGirl
first black American WACS officer
- Charity Brown (born Phyllis Boltz)Girl
Canadian actress
- Charity Kaluki NgiluGirl
Kenyan politician
- Charity OparaGirl
Nigerian Olympic runner
- Charity WaciumaGirl
Kenyan novelist
- Charity Ogbenyealu AduleGirl
Nigerian footballer
- Charity Hallett BarnumGirl
wife of American showman P.T. Barnum
- Charity ClarkeGirl
American revolutionary
- Charity Clarke MooreGirl
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 ValentineGirl
character in musical "Sweet Charity"
- Charity ChanningGirl
character in TV series "2 Broke Girls"
- Charity BurbageGirl
teacher in the "Harry Potter" series
- Charity DingleGirl
a character played by actress Emma Atkins on the British soap "Emmerdale"
- Charity StandishGirl
character on American soap "Passions"
- Charity BazaarGirl
character on animated series "Histeria!"
- Charity MoreGirl
character in "Stargazer" by Claudia Gray
- Charity GraffGirl
main character in "Cutters Don't Cry" by Christine Dzidrums
Variations & nicknames
- CarissaGirl
- CaritaGirl
- ChareeseGirl
- CharesaGirl
- ChareseGirl
- CharessaGirl
- CharesseGirl
- CharietyGirl
- CharisGirl
- CharisaGirl
- ChariseGirl
- CharishaGirl
- CharissaGirl
- CharisseGirl
- CharisseeGirl
- CharistaGirl
- CharitaGirl
- ChariteeGirl
- ChariteyGirl
- CharitiGirl
- CharityeGirl
- CharizaGirl
- CharyssaGirl
- CherriGirl
- CherryGirl
- ShantyGirl
- ShariteeGirl
- ShariteyGirl
- SharityGirl
- SharityeGirl