Charmin
Feminine
Charmin is a mid-century spelling in the Charmaine and Charmian family, and it has two very different namesakes: a romantic song from a silent war film, and a brand of toilet paper named for its charming wrapper.
How old is the name Charmin?
Charmin first appears in US birth records in 1955 — 70 years ago. The typical Charmin alive today was born around 1971, making them about 54 years old. About 600 people named Charmin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Charmin most popular?
Charmin peaked in 1972, reaching #1724 nationally. See the whole 1972 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Charmian to Charmin
The story of Charmin
The song 'Charmaine' was written for the 1926 silent film What Price Glory, and in 1951 Mantovani's lush orchestral version became his first big hit, and Charmaine became a familiar girl's name. In 1928 the Hoberg Paper Company of Green Bay, Wisconsin, launched a toilet paper in a wrapper decorated with a woman's face, and someone called it 'charming'; the product was named Charmin. Charmin is one of the spellings of the Charmaine family.
Meaningscholars disagree
A spelling of Charmaine or Charmian
Charmian is a Greek name meaning 'delight'; Charmaine was popularized by a 1920s song and may be a variant of it. Charmin may be either.
How the name formed
- Charmian
- Charmaine
- Charmin
Related forms: Charmion · Charmaine
Pronouncing Charmin
SHAR-min
Two syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Charmin
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1955
- Most girls named
- 197251 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1724reached in 1972
- Change vs 1990
- −28.6%5 in 1991, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Charmin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Charmion in Greek — related form
- Charmaine in English — spelling variant
Charmins among us
people named Charmin are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Charmin sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Close to Charmaine, a name many people know.
- Short and easy to say.
- Rare, so a Charmin is unlikely to share her name.
- It is spelled exactly like a well-known brand of toilet paper, which children will notice immediately.
- People will write Charmaine.
- It reads as a mid-century name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Charmins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Charmin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Charmin in 2025?
- Charmin is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Charmin with classmates?
- Charmin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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