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Charmaine

Pronounced SH AA0 R M EY1 N (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 1952
  • 112 years in use
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How popular is Charmaine?

Charmaine is a girls' name, and first appears in 1913. It has been given to 16,390 children — the 1,048th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 139 births across the past decade, against a peak of 648 in a single year. That peak was in 1952.

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1952Girls: 648Boys: 0

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
SH AA0 R M EY1 N
Stress pattern:
01
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Charmaine

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Charmaine

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Charmaine?
Charmaine ranks 1,048th among girls' names in US records, with 16,390 births since 1913. Over the past decade it accounts for 139.
Is Charmaine a unisex name?
No. Charmaine is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Charmaine most popular?
1952, when 648 children were given the name. It has been in use for 112 years and is still recorded as of 2024.