Boy
Charles
Charles is a boy's name, a household name, that has cooled since its 1940s peak, but is still chosen today.
GermanicFree man
Old FrenchManly, strong
Births by decade
1900s
36,429
1910s
174,420
1920s
300,193
1930s
304,938
1940s
363,156
1950s
362,465
1960s
250,725
1970s
164,316
1980s
132,877
1990s
92,641
2000s
75,467
2010s
56,863
Peaked in the 1940s · 2,314,490 total U.S. births since 1900