Charity

Girl name

Charity has been given to 35,557 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1975.

Meaning & origin

From charity in the Biblical sense of Christian love; first used by Puritans. In early Christian tradition, Faith, Hope and Charity were the martyred daughters of Saint Sophia. The names, taken from 1 Corinthians 13:13 ("And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity") have been translated and used in many languages. The name of the sura (chapter) is one of several translations of the original Arabic.

Origin: English

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

35,557

Peak year

1975 (1,428 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -53%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

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