Charlotte

#2 for girls in 2025, 13,400 births · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
2025 · 13,400 births
Debut · girls
237 births
In top 100 · girls
78 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
453,433
since 1880

Charlotte over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201940girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#213,400#8,9108
2024#412,597#6,46913
2023#312,638#6,22014
2022#312,952#7,76810
2021#313,368#6,33513
2020#513,100#9,5547
2019#613,239#5,55516
2018#613,038#8,8198
2017#712,969#9,6967
2016#713,118#7,60510
2015#911,415#7,49110
2014#1010,123#9,6427
2013#119,314#7,02611
2012#197,483#12,2745
2011#276,431
2010#465,358#12,2315
2009#684,191
2008#863,671
2007#1013,331
2006#1252,781
2005#1352,447#11,4725
2004#1701,994
2003#1821,763
2002#2041,604
2001#2291,379
2000#2891,105
1999#3071,004
1998#304997
1997#301954
1996#302946
1995#2741,000
1994#291942
1993#293943
1992#286964
1991#287982
1990#287964
1989#292894#5,1659
1988#288863
1987#292826
1986#286860
1985#264945#6,5235
1984#303790#5,5616
1983#283833
1982#308794
1981#290833
1980#292848#6,2505
1979#285853
1978#278828
1977#265940
1976#245957
1975#2241,081#5,4645
1974#2041,251#3,31810
1973#1941,331
1972#1871,535
1971#1761,746
1970#1661,991#4,2306
1969#1602,027#3,3148
1968#1632,002#3,6736
1967#1642,021#2,7609
1966#1512,301#3,9485
1965#1532,471#2,61710
1964#1582,422#3,6016
1963#1532,594
1962#1542,678#2,67310
1961#1472,935#3,3567
1960#1512,781#2,31513
1959#1442,969#3,0378
1958#1403,015#2,8189
1957#1333,250#3,9935
1956#1333,274#2,7989
1955#1293,328#2,30212
1954#1133,760#3,1767
1953#1003,813#2,9058
1952#894,204#3,0957
1951#844,649#3,0667
1950#804,735#2,7708
1949#715,142#2,45310
1948#695,164#1,94315
1947#685,386#2,07614
1946#644,970#1,81316
1945#554,529#1,85214
1944#504,928#1,52520
1943#475,482#1,46123
1942#515,022#1,42124
1941#554,564#1,68517
1940#554,291#1,80215
1939#663,739#1,87914
1938#703,626#1,55919
1937#673,536#1,62718
1936#613,555#1,96413
1935#653,470#1,83715
1934#723,434#3,2776
1933#793,114#1,90514
1932#743,363#2,6389
1931#753,403#2,32811
1930#753,406#3,2897
1929#733,537#2,09614
1928#723,475#2,52211
1927#753,676#3,7806
1926#783,512#2,72510
1925#773,551#3,1558
1924#803,612#2,64111
1923#773,596
1922#763,582
1921#793,587#3,5177
1920#793,624#4,2865
1919#793,353#2,26513
1918#783,373#2,69910
1917#763,229#2,42311
1916#802,995#3,5166
1915#812,757#3,3926
1914#882,007#3,2645
1913#871,603
1912#911,375
1911#95960
1910#99896
1909#94841
1908#98766
1907#105667#1,3455
1906#103619
1905#104614
1904#110554
1903#115504
1902#114524
1901#105503
1900#110602
1899#104496
1898#105569
1897#104492
1896#103492
1895#106472
1894#100484
1893#100476
1892#98486
1891#101387
1890#98417
1889#89455
1888#88464
1887#91351
1886#94368
1885#94317
1884#86344
1883#92291
1882#100257
1881#95227
1880#91237
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Charlotte was already there! It came in at #91, and was given to 237 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 300 girls a year got the name.

See more about Charlotte
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#4#2)
  • 3 spots since 2020 (#5#2)
  • 7 spots since 2015 (#9#2)
  • Biggest jump: 60 spots in 2001 (#289#229)
  • Biggest drop: 28 spots in 1996 (#274#302)
Rise & fade · girls
145 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2025 at #2 (13,400 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: 12 yrs · run 2014–2025
  • Top 100: 78 yrs · run 1908–1953
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 120
  • Highest: 1 in 120 girls born in 2025 were named Charlotte (0.83%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 22.6% of all girls named Charlotte (102,488) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #47 (1943) → #308 (1982) → #2 (2025)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,311#86 (1884)#92
1890s4,771#98 (1892)#102
1900s6,194#94 (1909)#106
1910s22,548#76 (1917)#85
1920s35,752#72 (1928)#77
1930s34,646#61 (1936)#70
1940s49,478#47 (1943)#59
1950s36,997#80 (1950)#115
1960s24,232#147 (1961)#155
1970s12,513#166 (1970)#222
1980s8,486#264 (1985)#290
1990s9,696#274 (1995)#293
2000s24,266#68 (2009)#159
2010s102,488#6 (2019)#15
2020s78,055#2 (2025)#3

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Charlotte in 1940

girls
#55
4,291 births · 1 in 266 girls
boys
#1,802
15 births · 1 in 77,278 boys

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #55Charlotte4,291

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #1,802Charlotte15
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 266 of them was named Charlotte, which outranked 98.9% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Charlotte
  1. #52Wanda4,708
  2. #53Catherine4,584
  3. #54Joanne4,418
  4. #55Charlotte4,291
  5. #56Annie4,216
  6. #57Patsy4,079
  7. #58Mildred3,938
Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 2,494Scarlett#3,429#935
  2. 1,465Lonna#2,206#741
  3. 834Pam#1,797#963
  4. 659Jody#1,638#979
  5. 633Laraine#1,474#841
Fallers
  1. 481Fredia#996#1,477
  2. 430Eleanora#974#1,404
  3. 375Danielle#811#1,186
  4. 342Eloisa#930#1,272
  5. 298Coral#996#1,294

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 77,278 of them was named Charlotte, which outranked 54.2% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Charlotte
  1. #1,736Virgie16
  2. #1,736Waldon16
  3. #1,736Zeb16
  4. #1,802Charlotte15
  5. #1,802Agapito15
  6. #1,802Apolonio15
  7. #1,802Arlene15
  8. #1,894Aden14
  9. #1,894Alphonzo14
  10. #1,894Anne14

Tied with 91 names at #1,802; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 565Whitney#1,458#893
  2. 447Gonzalo#1,297#850
  3. 419Weston#1,323#904
  4. 368Ashley#1,272#904
  5. 366Agustin#1,238#872
Fallers
  1. 886Montie#916#1,802
  2. 446Verlon#888#1,334
  3. 394Issac#857#1,251
  4. 392Otho#942#1,334
  5. 384Pearl#867#1,251

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1940