Charls

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈtʃɑɹɫz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Charls is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 133K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 906K
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 93K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,300 people, est.

Sources
129 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 93K (inferred from the name graph)

Nigeria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Charls counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Charls is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NG Nigeria≈2,300 est.≈1 in 93K—Charls16
PH Philippines≈820 est.≈1 in 133K—Charls44
US United States3671 in 906K358Charls129
ZA South Africa≈300 est.≈1 in 187K—Charls16
IT Italy≈110 est.≈1 in 576K—Charls4
BO Bolivia≈41 est.≈1 in 284K—Charls2
CH Switzerland≈31 est.≈1 in 273K—Charls5

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Charls is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Norwegian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Sweden, United States

    Languages: Norwegian, Swedish

    Also written Chärls

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Charls,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 21 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Charls
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020358#25,713
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)193424—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)193224—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192823—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)193022—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192920—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192620—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)194018—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)193118—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192717—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192517—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192317—

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Charls?
A machine transcription gives /ˈtʃɑɹɫz/ (IPA) for English.
Is Charls a male or female name?
Charls is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Charls have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.3 thousand people named Charls in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled charls.
How common is the name Charls?
In the United States, the national register counted 367 people named Charls in 2020, about 1 in 906 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Charls”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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