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
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 13,400 births
- Debut · girls
- 237 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 78 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 453,433since 1880
Charlotte over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2 | 13,400 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #4 | 12,597 | #6,469 | 13 |
| 2023 | #3 | 12,638 | #6,220 | 14 |
| 2022 | #3 | 12,952 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #3 | 13,368 | #6,335 | 13 |
| 2020 | #5 | 13,100 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #6 | 13,239 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2018 | #6 | 13,038 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #7 | 12,969 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #7 | 13,118 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #9 | 11,415 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #10 | 10,123 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #11 | 9,314 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #19 | 7,483 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #27 | 6,431 | — | |
| 2010 | #46 | 5,358 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #68 | 4,191 | — | |
| 2008 | #86 | 3,671 | — | |
| 2007 | #101 | 3,331 | — | |
| 2006 | #125 | 2,781 | — | |
| 2005 | #135 | 2,447 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #170 | 1,994 | — | |
| 2003 | #182 | 1,763 | — | |
| 2002 | #204 | 1,604 | — | |
| 2001 | #229 | 1,379 | — | |
| 2000 | #289 | 1,105 | — | |
| 1999 | #307 | 1,004 | — | |
| 1998 | #304 | 997 | — | |
| 1997 | #301 | 954 | — | |
| 1996 | #302 | 946 | — | |
| 1995 | #274 | 1,000 | — | |
| 1994 | #291 | 942 | — | |
| 1993 | #293 | 943 | — | |
| 1992 | #286 | 964 | — | |
| 1991 | #287 | 982 | — | |
| 1990 | #287 | 964 | — | |
| 1989 | #292 | 894 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #288 | 863 | — | |
| 1987 | #292 | 826 | — | |
| 1986 | #286 | 860 | — | |
| 1985 | #264 | 945 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #303 | 790 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #283 | 833 | — | |
| 1982 | #308 | 794 | — | |
| 1981 | #290 | 833 | — | |
| 1980 | #292 | 848 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #285 | 853 | — | |
| 1978 | #278 | 828 | — | |
| 1977 | #265 | 940 | — | |
| 1976 | #245 | 957 | — | |
| 1975 | #224 | 1,081 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #204 | 1,251 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #194 | 1,331 | — | |
| 1972 | #187 | 1,535 | — | |
| 1971 | #176 | 1,746 | — | |
| 1970 | #166 | 1,991 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #160 | 2,027 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #163 | 2,002 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #164 | 2,021 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #151 | 2,301 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #153 | 2,471 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #158 | 2,422 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #153 | 2,594 | — | |
| 1962 | #154 | 2,678 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #147 | 2,935 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #151 | 2,781 | #2,315 | 13 |
| 1959 | #144 | 2,969 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #140 | 3,015 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #133 | 3,250 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #133 | 3,274 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #129 | 3,328 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #113 | 3,760 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #100 | 3,813 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #89 | 4,204 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #84 | 4,649 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #80 | 4,735 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #71 | 5,142 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #69 | 5,164 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #68 | 5,386 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #64 | 4,970 | #1,813 | 16 |
| 1945 | #55 | 4,529 | #1,852 | 14 |
| 1944 | #50 | 4,928 | #1,525 | 20 |
| 1943 | #47 | 5,482 | #1,461 | 23 |
| 1942 | #51 | 5,022 | #1,421 | 24 |
| 1941 | #55 | 4,564 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | #55 | 4,291 | #1,802 | 15 |
| 1939 | #66 | 3,739 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #70 | 3,626 | #1,559 | 19 |
| 1937 | #67 | 3,536 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #61 | 3,555 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #65 | 3,470 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #72 | 3,434 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #79 | 3,114 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #74 | 3,363 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #75 | 3,403 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #75 | 3,406 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #73 | 3,537 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #72 | 3,475 | #2,522 | 11 |
| 1927 | #75 | 3,676 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #78 | 3,512 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #77 | 3,551 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #80 | 3,612 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #77 | 3,596 | — | |
| 1922 | #76 | 3,582 | — | |
| 1921 | #79 | 3,587 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #79 | 3,624 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #79 | 3,353 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #78 | 3,373 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | #76 | 3,229 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #80 | 2,995 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #81 | 2,757 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #88 | 2,007 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #87 | 1,603 | — | |
| 1912 | #91 | 1,375 | — | |
| 1911 | #95 | 960 | — | |
| 1910 | #99 | 896 | — | |
| 1909 | #94 | 841 | — | |
| 1908 | #98 | 766 | — | |
| 1907 | #105 | 667 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #103 | 619 | — | |
| 1905 | #104 | 614 | — | |
| 1904 | #110 | 554 | — | |
| 1903 | #115 | 504 | — | |
| 1902 | #114 | 524 | — | |
| 1901 | #105 | 503 | — | |
| 1900 | #110 | 602 | — | |
| 1899 | #104 | 496 | — | |
| 1898 | #105 | 569 | — | |
| 1897 | #104 | 492 | — | |
| 1896 | #103 | 492 | — | |
| 1895 | #106 | 472 | — | |
| 1894 | #100 | 484 | — | |
| 1893 | #100 | 476 | — | |
| 1892 | #98 | 486 | — | |
| 1891 | #101 | 387 | — | |
| 1890 | #98 | 417 | — | |
| 1889 | #89 | 455 | — | |
| 1888 | #88 | 464 | — | |
| 1887 | #91 | 351 | — | |
| 1886 | #94 | 368 | — | |
| 1885 | #94 | 317 | — | |
| 1884 | #86 | 344 | — | |
| 1883 | #92 | 291 | — | |
| 1882 | #100 | 257 | — | |
| 1881 | #95 | 227 | — | |
| 1880 | #91 | 237 | — | |
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.
Where Charlotte is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Vermont#1 · 1 in 28
- Maine#1 · 1 in 35
- New Hampshire#1 · 1 in 47
- Rhode Island#1 · 1 in 50
- Alaska#1 · 1 in 52
Best ever in a state: #1 in District of Columbia, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #1 | 224 | 1 in 82 |
| Alaska | #1 | 32 | 1 in 52 |
| Arkansas | #1 | 148 | 1 in 72 |
| Colorado | #1 | 293 | 1 in 80 |
| Connecticut | #1 | 176 | 1 in 65 |
| Idaho | #1 | 104 | 1 in 69 |
| Indiana | #1 | 351 | 1 in 80 |
| Iowa | #1 | 158 | 1 in 75 |
| Kansas | #1 | 178 | 1 in 66 |
| Maine | #1 | 89 | 1 in 35 |
| Massachusetts | #1 | 348 | 1 in 69 |
| Michigan | #1 | 381 | 1 in 94 |
| Minnesota | #1 | 238 | 1 in 90 |
| Missouri | #1 | 334 | 1 in 73 |
| Montana | #1 | 46 | 1 in 61 |
| Nebraska | #1 | 95 | 1 in 75 |
| New Hampshire | #1 | 80 | 1 in 47 |
| North Dakota | #1 | 42 | 1 in 64 |
| Ohio | #1 | 551 | 1 in 86 |
| Oregon | #1 | 167 | 1 in 78 |
| Pennsylvania | #1 | 560 | 1 in 83 |
| Rhode Island | #1 | 49 | 1 in 50 |
| South Carolina | #1 | 249 | 1 in 73 |
| Tennessee | #1 | 423 | 1 in 76 |
| Vermont | #1 | 35 | 1 in 28 |
| Virginia | #1 | 460 | 1 in 73 |
| West Virginia | #1 | 84 | 1 in 60 |
| Wisconsin | #1 | 282 | 1 in 72 |
| Georgia | #2 | 438 | 1 in 103 |
| Illinois | #2 | 500 | 1 in 89 |
| Kentucky | #2 | 187 | 1 in 92 |
| Maryland | #2 | 222 | 1 in 90 |
| North Carolina | #2 | 453 | 1 in 103 |
| Oklahoma | #2 | 174 | 1 in 85 |
| South Dakota | #2 | 44 | 1 in 69 |
| Utah | #2 | 191 | 1 in 89 |
| Washington | #2 | 311 | 1 in 93 |
| District of Columbia | #3 | 34 | 1 in 59 |
| Louisiana | #3 | 161 | 1 in 102 |
| Mississippi | #3 | 94 | 1 in 95 |
| Delaware | #4 | 34 | 1 in 66 |
| Wyoming | #4 | 15 | 1 in 54 |
| New York | #5 | 664 | 1 in 118 |
| New Jersey | #6 | 340 | 1 in 104 |
| Arizona | #7 | 249 | 1 in 113 |
| Florida | #7 | 773 | 1 in 112 |
| Nevada | #7 | 99 | 1 in 93 |
| Texas | #11 | 1,140 | 1 in 141 |
| California | #12 | 1,037 | 1 in 156 |
| Hawaii | #13 | 25 | 1 in 86 |
| New Mexico | #13 | 38 | 1 in 123 |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Charlotte
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2025 at #2 (13,400 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: 12 yrs · run 2014–2025
- Top 100: 78 yrs · run 1908–1953
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 120 girls born in 2025 were named Charlotte (0.83%)
- 22.6% of all girls named Charlotte (102,488) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #47 (1943) → #308 (1982) → #2 (2025)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,311 | #86 (1884) | #92 |
| 1890s | 4,771 | #98 (1892) | #102 |
| 1900s | 6,194 | #94 (1909) | #106 |
| 1910s | 22,548 | #76 (1917) | #85 |
| 1920s | 35,752 | #72 (1928) | #77 |
| 1930s | 34,646 | #61 (1936) | #70 |
| 1940s | 49,478 | #47 (1943) | #59 |
| 1950s | 36,997 | #80 (1950) | #115 |
| 1960s | 24,232 | #147 (1961) | #155 |
| 1970s | 12,513 | #166 (1970) | #222 |
| 1980s | 8,486 | #264 (1985) | #290 |
| 1990s | 9,696 | #274 (1995) | #293 |
| 2000s | 24,266 | #68 (2009) | #159 |
| 2010s | 102,488 | #6 (2019) | #15 |
| 2020s | 78,055 | #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 2025
Top girls' names in 2025
Top boys' names in 2025
More about 2025
girls
1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 120 of them was named Charlotte, which outranked 100.0% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 213,510 of them was named Charlotte, which outranked 36.0% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).
- #8,243Zurich9
- #8,243Zydn9
- #8,243Zyran9
- #8,910Charlotte8
- #8,910Aaden8
- #8,910Aarnik8
- #8,910Aaro8
- #9,714Aadhi7
- #9,714Aadiv7
- #9,714Aadrik7
Tied with 803 names at #8,910; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.