Charley
Charley is a unisex given name: about 75% of people named Charley are men and 25% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
- Verdict
- Mostly male
- Male / female split
- 75% male / 25% female
- Confidence
- High (64 or more weighted country observations)
- Most common in
- United States, Great Britain
- US births since 1880
- 23,260 male / 7,637 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Updated
- 2026-09-11
How to address Charley
To address Charley when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Charley," in English, "Guten Tag Charley," in German. About 75% of people named Charley are men and 25% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Charley,
German
Guten Tag Charley,
French
Bonjour Charley,
Spanish
Estimado/a Charley:
Chinese
Charley您好：
Japanese
Charley様
English
Hi Charley,
German
Hi Charley,
French
Salut Charley,
Spanish
Hola Charley,
Chinese
Charley你好：
Japanese
Charleyさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually | Male share |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | common | man's name | 75% |
| Great Britain | rare | man's name | 98% |
United States birth data
23,260 male · 7,637 female · 30,897 births recorded
Since 1980: 25% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Charley a male or female name?
Charley is a unisex given name: about 75% of people named Charley are men and 25% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
How do I address Charley in an email?
To address Charley when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Charley," in English, "Guten Tag Charley," in German. About 75% of people named Charley are men and 25% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Is Charley a unisex name?
Charley is not a unisex name: 75% of people named Charley are men. Charley leans strongly male overall.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.
DearWho, "Is Charley a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/charley (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_charley,
title = {Is Charley a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/charley},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}