Spellings
Charlie or Charlee?
In the US in 2025, 71% of babies in this name family were spelled Charlie and 12% Charlee. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Charlie already led in 2015, with 41% of the family's births; it has 58% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 4,051 to 4,211 births, almost unchanged.
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie | 1,674 | 2,460 | +47% |
| Charlee | 1,131 | 750 | −34% |
| Charli | 561 | 597 | +6% |
| Charley | 604 | 356 | −41% |
| Charly | 81 | 48 | −41% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈtʃɑrli/ (CHAR-lee). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Charlie 1,715 births (#18 among girls), Charli 50 births (#764 among boys) and Charly 925 births (#60 among boys). The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
Which spelling is yours?
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