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Charlotte

Girls' name · Current perennial

Living in the US
~327,900 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2 among girls
Births in 2025
13,408 454,204 since 1880
Typical age
13 years, median

Charlotte popularity over time

Charlotte rank by birth year, 1880–2025Charlotte ranked #91 in 1880 and #2 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #2, in 2025.#10#100#218901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Charlotte in 2025 than in any other year — 13,408 of them. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Across the record, 78 years put Charlotte in the top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #2 with 13,408 births.

Babies named Charlotte per yearPeaks at 13,408 births in 2025.13,408 in 2025018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Charlotte?

An estimated 327,900 living Americans are called Charlotte. That is out of 454,204 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Charlotte?

Median age among living Charlottes: 13. Most living bearers were born in the 2010s. By the site’s era rules that makes Charlotte a current perennial name.

Your Charlotte

Ages of living people named CharlotteHalf of living Charlottes are older than 13 and half younger.median 13020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Charlotte is most common

Charlotte is 3.1× as common in Vermont as it is nationally. New Hampshire, Maine and Rhode Island follow.

Where Charlotte is used more than average5 states use the name Charlotte more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: 2.7× the national rateMEVermont: 3.1× the national rateVTNew Hampshire: 2.8× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: 2.3× the national rateWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: 2.4× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Charlotte is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Vermont 282 3.1×
New Hampshire 862 2.8×
Maine 754 2.7×
Rhode Island 548 2.4×
Wyoming 198 2.3×

Charlotte in England and Wales

ONS recorded 1,339 births named Charlotte in 2025, ranking it #25. That is 23% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Charlotte comes from

From French Charlotte in the 17th century, a female diminutive form of Charles, from Middle High German Karl, which came from the Germanic *karlaz. The civil parish is named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Charlotte

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Charlotte Brontë British novelist and poet 1816–1855 134
Charlotte Rampling British actress 1946 131
Charlotte Gainsbourg French and British actress and singer 1971 63
Charlotte Perrelli Swedish singer 1974 60
Charlotte Corday figure of the French Revolution 1768–1793 57
Charlotte Perkins Gilman American feminist, writer, artist, and lecturer 1860–1935 56
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Queen consort of Great Britain and Ireland from 1761 to 1818 1744–1818 52
Charlotte of Belgium Empress consort of Mexico 1840–1927 46
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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