Meaning not yet researched.
Charlotte: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 13,400 in 2025. Its best rank was #2 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 99.9% of babies named Charlotte in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Charlotte: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 13,400 girls in 2025. Peak: #2 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 13,400 (2025).
In 2025, 13,400 US girls were named Charlotte, making it the 2nd most common girls’ name of the year, up 2 places from #4 in 2024. That is 803 more than the 12,597 girls named Charlotte in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 13,400. For comparison, it was #9 in 2015 and #80 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Charlotte in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 237 babies with the name. In all, 454,204 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 102,567 babies named Charlotte.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 130,419 US girls were named Charlotte; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 13,400. In 2025 that was about 1 in 120 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Charlotte ranked highest in Maine in 2025, at #1 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 51 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Carlotta (6,462 babies since 1880) and Charlette (4,360 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Carlota, Charlotta and Charlott are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Char, Lotta, Lottie and Sherry.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, English, French and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Carlota (2,460), Charlotta (966), Charlott (495), Charlett (283), Charlot (145), Chanette (75), Charlytte (58), Karlotta (52), Charlote (10), Charloette (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Charlotte is listed as a nickname for Chick.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 89 | #1 | #8 |
| Iowa | 158 | #1 | #7 |
| Idaho | 104 | #1 | #9 |
| Montana | 46 | #1 | #13 |
| Missouri | 334 | #1 | #5 |
| Indiana | 351 | #1 | #6 |
| Minnesota | 238 | #1 | #6 |
| Kansas | 178 | #1 | #8 |
| Michigan | 381 | #1 | #5 |
| West Virginia | 84 | #1 | #37 |
| Massachusetts | 348 | #1 | #5 |
| Alabama | 224 | #1 | #19 |
| Wisconsin | 282 | #1 | #6 |
| Arkansas | 148 | #1 | #17 |
| Vermont | 35 | #1 | #4 |
| Virginia | 460 | #1 | #4 |
| Tennessee | 423 | #1 | #18 |
| Colorado | 293 | #1 | #8 |
| Connecticut | 176 | #1 | #7 |
| South Carolina | 249 | #1 | #11 |
| Alaska | 32 | #1 | #16 |
| Rhode Island | 49 | #1 | #6 |
| Pennsylvania | 560 | #1 | #8 |
| Oregon | 167 | #1 | #5 |
| Ohio | 551 | #1 | #8 |
| New Hampshire | 80 | #1 | #2 |
| Nebraska | 95 | #1 | #4 |
| North Dakota | 42 | #1 | #7 |
| Maryland | 222 | #2 | #5 |
| Georgia | 438 | #2 | #9 |
| Kentucky | 187 | #2 | #21 |
| South Dakota | 44 | #2 | #32 |
| North Carolina | 453 | #2 | #10 |
| Washington | 311 | #2 | #9 |
| Oklahoma | 174 | #2 | #16 |
| Illinois | 500 | #2 | #9 |
| Utah | 191 | #2 | #3 |
| Mississippi | 94 | #3 | #42 |
| District of Columbia | 34 | #3 | #3 |
| Louisiana | 161 | #3 | #20 |
| Delaware | 34 | #4 | #10 |
| Wyoming | 15 | #4 | #8 |
| New York | 664 | #5 | #8 |
| New Jersey | 340 | #6 | #10 |
| Florida | 773 | #7 | #14 |
| Arizona | 249 | #7 | #11 |
| Nevada | 99 | #7 | #10 |
| Texas | 1,140 | #11 | #22 |
| California | 1,037 | #12 | #13 |
| Hawaii | 25 | #13 | #21 |
| New Mexico | 38 | #13 | #35 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13,400 | #2 | 8 | #9,067 |
| 2024 | 12,597 | #4 | 13 | #6,528 |
| 2023 | 12,638 | #3 | 14 | #6,280 |
| 2022 | 12,952 | #3 | 10 | #7,860 |
| 2021 | 13,368 | #3 | 13 | #6,393 |
| 2020 | 13,100 | #5 | 7 | #9,751 |
| 2019 | 13,239 | #6 | 16 | #5,604 |
| 2018 | 13,038 | #6 | 8 | #8,974 |
| 2017 | 12,969 | #7 | 7 | #9,878 |
| 2016 | 13,118 | #7 | 10 | #7,694 |
| 2015 | 11,415 | #9 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2014 | 10,123 | #10 | 7 | #9,825 |
| 2013 | 9,314 | #11 | 11 | #7,115 |
| 2012 | 7,483 | #19 | 5 | #12,606 |
| 2011 | 6,431 | #27 | — | — |
| 2010 | 5,358 | #46 | 5 | #12,568 |
| 2009 | 4,191 | #68 | — | — |
| 2008 | 3,671 | #86 | — | — |
| 2007 | 3,331 | #101 | — | — |
| 2006 | 2,781 | #125 | — | — |
| 2005 | 2,447 | #135 | 5 | #11,744 |
| 2004 | 1,994 | #170 | — | — |
| 2003 | 1,763 | #182 | — | — |
| 2002 | 1,604 | #204 | — | — |
| 2001 | 1,379 | #229 | — | — |
| 2000 | 1,105 | #289 | — | — |
| 1999 | 1,004 | #307 | — | — |
| 1998 | 997 | #304 | — | — |
| 1997 | 954 | #301 | — | — |
| 1996 | 946 | #302 | — | — |
| 1995 | 1,000 | #274 | — | — |
| 1994 | 942 | #291 | — | — |
| 1993 | 943 | #293 | — | — |
| 1992 | 964 | #286 | — | — |
| 1991 | 982 | #287 | — | — |
| 1990 | 964 | #287 | — | — |
| 1989 | 894 | #292 | 9 | #5,232 |
| 1988 | 863 | #288 | — | — |
| 1987 | 826 | #292 | — | — |
| 1986 | 860 | #286 | — | — |
| 1985 | 945 | #264 | 5 | #6,690 |
| 1984 | 790 | #304 | 6 | #5,685 |
| 1983 | 833 | #283 | — | — |
| 1982 | 794 | #308 | — | — |
| 1981 | 833 | #290 | — | — |
| 1980 | 848 | #292 | 5 | #6,400 |
| 1979 | 853 | #285 | — | — |
| 1978 | 828 | #278 | — | — |
| 1977 | 940 | #265 | — | — |
| 1976 | 957 | #245 | — | — |
| 1975 | 1,081 | #224 | 5 | #5,594 |
| 1974 | 1,251 | #204 | 10 | #3,359 |
| 1973 | 1,331 | #194 | — | — |
| 1972 | 1,535 | #187 | — | — |
| 1971 | 1,746 | #176 | — | — |
| 1970 | 1,991 | #166 | 6 | #4,315 |
| 1969 | 2,027 | #160 | 8 | #3,357 |
| 1968 | 2,002 | #163 | 6 | #3,747 |
| 1967 | 2,021 | #164 | 9 | #2,804 |
| 1966 | 2,301 | #151 | 5 | #4,035 |
| 1965 | 2,471 | #153 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 1964 | 2,422 | #158 | 6 | #3,662 |
| 1963 | 2,594 | #153 | — | — |
| 1962 | 2,678 | #154 | 10 | #2,697 |
| 1961 | 2,935 | #147 | 7 | #3,408 |
| 1960 | 2,781 | #151 | 13 | #2,333 |
| 1959 | 2,969 | #144 | 8 | #3,073 |
| 1958 | 3,015 | #140 | 9 | #2,858 |
| 1957 | 3,250 | #133 | 5 | #4,078 |
| 1956 | 3,274 | #133 | 9 | #2,826 |
| 1955 | 3,328 | #129 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 1954 | 3,760 | #113 | 7 | #3,211 |
| 1953 | 3,813 | #100 | 8 | #2,946 |
| 1952 | 4,204 | #89 | 7 | #3,141 |
| 1951 | 4,649 | #84 | 7 | #3,113 |
| 1950 | 4,735 | #80 | 8 | #2,805 |
| 1949 | 5,142 | #71 | 10 | #2,477 |
| 1948 | 5,164 | #69 | 15 | #1,954 |
| 1947 | 5,386 | #68 | 14 | #2,092 |
| 1946 | 4,970 | #64 | 16 | #1,828 |
| 1945 | 4,529 | #55 | 14 | #1,863 |
| 1944 | 4,928 | #50 | 20 | #1,534 |
| 1943 | 5,482 | #47 | 23 | #1,467 |
| 1942 | 5,022 | #51 | 24 | #1,428 |
| 1941 | 4,564 | #55 | 17 | #1,697 |
| 1940 | 4,291 | #55 | 15 | #1,813 |
| 1939 | 3,739 | #66 | 14 | #1,890 |
| 1938 | 3,626 | #70 | 19 | #1,569 |
| 1937 | 3,536 | #67 | 18 | #1,641 |
| 1936 | 3,555 | #61 | 13 | #1,973 |
| 1935 | 3,470 | #65 | 15 | #1,850 |
| 1934 | 3,434 | #72 | 6 | #3,344 |
| 1933 | 3,114 | #79 | 14 | #1,922 |
| 1932 | 3,363 | #74 | 9 | #2,669 |
| 1931 | 3,403 | #75 | 11 | #2,346 |
| 1930 | 3,406 | #75 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1929 | 3,537 | #73 | 14 | #2,112 |
| 1928 | 3,475 | #72 | 11 | #2,537 |
| 1927 | 3,676 | #75 | 6 | #3,842 |
| 1926 | 3,512 | #78 | 10 | #2,752 |
| 1925 | 3,551 | #77 | 8 | #3,191 |
| 1924 | 3,612 | #80 | 11 | #2,680 |
| 1923 | 3,596 | #77 | — | — |
| 1922 | 3,582 | #76 | — | — |
| 1921 | 3,587 | #79 | 7 | #3,585 |
| 1920 | 3,624 | #79 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1919 | 3,353 | #79 | 13 | #2,282 |
| 1918 | 3,373 | #78 | 10 | #2,724 |
| 1917 | 3,229 | #76 | 11 | #2,452 |
| 1916 | 2,995 | #80 | 6 | #3,573 |
| 1915 | 2,757 | #81 | 6 | #3,469 |
| 1914 | 2,007 | #88 | 5 | #3,338 |
| 1913 | 1,603 | #87 | — | — |
| 1912 | 1,375 | #91 | — | — |
| 1911 | 960 | #95 | — | — |
| 1910 | 896 | #99 | — | — |
| 1909 | 841 | #94 | — | — |
| 1908 | 766 | #98 | — | — |
| 1907 | 667 | #105 | 5 | #1,373 |
| 1906 | 619 | #103 | — | — |
| 1905 | 614 | #104 | — | — |
| 1904 | 554 | #110 | — | — |
| 1903 | 504 | #115 | — | — |
| 1902 | 524 | #114 | — | — |
| 1901 | 503 | #105 | — | — |
| 1900 | 602 | #110 | — | — |
| 1899 | 496 | #104 | — | — |
| 1898 | 569 | #105 | — | — |
| 1897 | 492 | #104 | — | — |
| 1896 | 492 | #103 | — | — |
| 1895 | 472 | #106 | — | — |
| 1894 | 484 | #100 | — | — |
| 1893 | 476 | #100 | — | — |
| 1892 | 486 | #98 | — | — |
| 1891 | 387 | #101 | — | — |
| 1890 | 417 | #99 | — | — |
| 1889 | 455 | #89 | — | — |
| 1888 | 464 | #88 | — | — |
| 1887 | 351 | #91 | — | — |
| 1886 | 368 | #94 | — | — |
| 1885 | 317 | #94 | — | — |
| 1884 | 344 | #86 | — | — |
| 1883 | 291 | #92 | — | — |
| 1882 | 257 | #100 | — | — |
| 1881 | 227 | #95 | — | — |
| 1880 | 237 | #91 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).