Charo is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “rosary.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Charo at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Spanish
Meaning
“rosary”
Also spelled
María
About the name Charo
Charo belongs to the Spanish tradition. Its meaning — “rosary” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: María.
In the United States, Charo first appears in Social Security records in 1966. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2000 in 1976, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 238 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.