Lotta

Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215

Peak · girls
1883 · 25 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
499
since 1880

Lotta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lotta has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201884peak #366, 1883girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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rankbirths
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2016#16,2155
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2009#12,4298
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1955#5,8285
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1952#3,7969
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1946#4,9605
1945
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1940#4,3495
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1937#4,2555
1936#4,1815
1935
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1933#3,4067
1932
1931
1930#4,0476
1929
1928#3,7437
1927
1926#4,8515
1925#3,6648
1924#2,97311
1923
1922#5,0095
1921#2,94111
1920#3,3409
1919
1918#3,8697
1917#2,42813
1916#3,9196
1915#3,1348
1914#2,26510
1913#3,1875
1912#2,6346
1911#1,9567
1910#2,3985
1909
1908#2,1015
1907
1906#1,4168
1905#1,9315
1904#1,8775
1903#1,2049
1902#1,3208
1901#1,3397
1900#1,23110
1899#1,0999
1898#1,7005
1897
1896#1,2927
1895#1,2997
1894#1,3536
1893#1,0239
1892#76215
1891#75013
1890#87210
1889#75712
1888#57219
1887#56016
1886#49120
1885#47020
1884#50117
1883#36625
1882#38921
1881#41816
1880#49212
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lotta was already there! It came in at #492, and was given to 12 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1897–1898, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lotta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
  • Biggest jump: 122 spots in 1891 (#872#750)
  • Biggest drop: 261 spots in 1893 (#762#1,023)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #366 (25 births)
  • Births halved by 1889, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1880–1892
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,493
  • Highest: 1 in 4,493 girls born in 1883 were named Lotta (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 354,404 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1880s
  • 35.7% of all girls named Lotta (178) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s178#366 (1883)#502
1890s81#750 (1891)#1,128
1900s57#1,204 (1903)#1,552
1910s67#1,956 (1911)#2,866
1920s56#2,941 (1921)#3,789
1930s23#3,406 (1933)#3,972
1940s10#4,349 (1940)#4,655
1950s14#3,796 (1952)#4,812
1960s0
1970s0
1980s0
1990s0
2000s8#12,429 (2009)#12,429
2010s5#16,215 (2016)#16,215

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.

Lotta in 1884

girls
#501
17 births · 1 in 7,589 girls

Top girls' names in 1884

  1. #1Mary9,217
  2. #2Anna3,860
  3. #3Emma2,587
  4. #4Elizabeth2,549
  5. #5Minnie2,243
  6. #6Margaret2,142
  7. #7Ida1,882
  8. #8Clara1,852
  9. #9Bertha1,789
  10. #10Annie1,739
  11. #501Lotta17
More about 1884

girls

129,019 girls got a published name in 1884; 1 in 7,589 of them was named Lotta, which outranked 57.3% of the 1,172 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lotta
  1. #479Shirley18
  2. #479Tempie18
  3. #479Velma18
  4. #501Lotta17
  5. #501Alda17
  6. #501Anastasia17
  7. #501Angelina17
  8. #520Adella16
  9. #520Camilla16
  10. #520Claudie16

Tied with 18 names at #501; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1883
Risers
  1. 686Belva#920#234
  2. 364Anner#920#556
  3. 354Nella#817#463
  4. 337Guadalupe#920#583
  5. 337Nelia#920#583
Fallers
  1. 488Roxy#536#1,024
  2. 463Fredericka#561#1,024
  3. 445Albert#579#1,024
  4. 409Roseanna#615#1,024
  5. 373Delpha#651#1,024

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

See the top 100 for 1884