Charleston
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
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.
Charleston for girls#3261 US
Charleston is one of those baby names that may become more popular thanks to its nickname Charlie, now used about equally for boys and girls. If you want to call your daughter Charlie but believe she needs a more formal name, you might try Charleston instead of Charlotte. And Charleston is a lovely city in South Carolina.
Pronounced CHARLZ-tun.
As of October 2026, Charleston ranked #3003 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1583 in 1984.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,004 | 71 | #3,731 | 41 |
| 2015 | #1,744 | 88 | #1,042 | 255 |
| 2016 | #2,137 | 65 | #1,473 | 156 |
| 2017 | #2,277 | 58 | #1,993 | 99 |
| 2018 | #2,305 | 58 | #2,064 | 94 |
| 2019 | #2,062 | 70 | #2,131 | 88 |
| 2020 | #2,325 | 58 | #2,633 | 64 |
| 2021 | #2,466 | 54 | #2,561 | 68 |
| 2022 | #2,876 | 44 | #2,702 | 64 |
| 2023 | #3,803 | 29 | #3,435 | 46 |
| 2024 | #2,791 | 46 | #3,394 | 46 |
| 2025 | #3,003 | 41 | #3,261 | 48 |
World rankings
Charleston for girls
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Famous Charlestons
- Charleston Lawrence (b. 2007)Boy
daughter of actor Joey Lawrence
Charleston in pop culture
- Charleston TuckerBoy
female character on TV's "State of Affairs"
- CharlestonBoy
South Carolina, USA
- Charleston House in East SussexBoy
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