Charity

Meaning: Christian love
Origin: English — From the word charity

Girl's name · #1981 in the US (2025) · Retro

Popularity over time

Charity's best rank, #183, came in 1975; it has stepped well back to #1981 today. Roughly 36,000 girls have been named Charity since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 15 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#2,244 in Austria (2025) · #5,927 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,975 in Canada (2024) · #4,178 in France (2023) · #6,110 in Ecuador (2022).

Famous Charitys

Charity Wakefield — British actress (born 1980)
Charity Adams Earley — Highest ranking black female officer in the US Army in WWII (1918–2002)
Charity Ngilu — Kenyan politician (born 1952)
Charity Shea — American actress (born 1983)
Charity Bainababo — Ugandan general (born 1975)

In stories & tradition

Charity Burbage — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (film)
Charity Dingle — Fictional character from Emmerdale
Charity Standish — Passions (TV series)

What Charitys become

Among 97 notable people named Charity:

Entertainers appear 1.6× more often than among typical names — e.g. Charity Wakefield, British actress (born 1980).

Similar names: Aimee · Kari · Dhriti · Toni · Carina · Cara

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