# Charlotte (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/charlotte/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈʃɑɹ.lət/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Charlie, Lottie, Lotte, Chaz, Chazza, Cha, Tottie |
| Variant spellings | Charlotta |
| US babies named this | 454,204 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 771 / 453,433 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 90,072, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6,431 | 27 |
| 2012 | 7,483 | 19 |
| 2013 | 9,314 | 11 |
| 2014 | 10,123 | 10 |
| 2015 | 11,415 | 9 |
| 2016 | 13,118 | 7 |
| 2017 | 12,969 | 7 |
| 2018 | 13,038 | 6 |
| 2019 | 13,239 | 6 |
| 2020 | 13,100 | 5 |
| 2021 | 13,368 | 3 |
| 2022 | 12,952 | 3 |
| 2023 | 12,638 | 3 |
| 2024 | 12,597 | 4 |
| 2025 | 13,400 | 2 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 12,568 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,606 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,115 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9,825 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,585 |
| 2016 | 10 | 7,694 |
| 2017 | 7 | 9,878 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8,974 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,604 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9,751 |
| 2021 | 13 | 6,393 |
| 2022 | 10 | 7,860 |
| 2023 | 14 | 6,280 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,528 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,067 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,390 | 21 |
| 2012 | 2,290 | 20 |
| 2013 | 2,242 | 21 |
| 2014 | 2,018 | 23 |
| 2015 | 1,951 | 25 |
| 2016 | 2,596 | 12 |
| 2017 | 2,394 | 12 |
| 2018 | 2,202 | 12 |
| 2019 | 2,015 | 18 |
| 2020 | 1,732 | 20 |
| 2021 | 1,654 | 25 |
| 2022 | 1,496 | 26 |
| 2023 | 1,373 | 23 |
| 2024 | 1,418 | 23 |
| 2025 | 1,339 | 25 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: شَارْلُوت
- Chinese: 夏洛特
- Czech: Šarlota
- Danish: Charlotte
- Dutch: Charlotte
- Finnish: Lotta
- French: Charlotte
- German: Charlotte
- Greek: Σάρλοτ
- Hungarian: Sarolta
- Icelandic: Charlotta, Karlotta, Lotta
- Italian: Carlotta
- Japanese: シャーロット
- Latvian: Šarlote
- Norwegian: Charlotte
- Polish: Szarlota
- Portuguese: Carlota
- Russian: Шарло́тта
- Spanish: Carlota
- Swedish: Charlotta

## People named Charlotte

- Charlotte Brontë, British novelist and poet (1816-1855)
- Charlotte Rampling, British actress (born 1946)
- Princess Charlotte of Wales, daughter of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales
- Charlotte Gainsbourg, French and British actress and singer (born 1971)
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American feminist, writer, artist, and lecturer (1860–1935)
- Charlotte Corday, figure of the French Revolution (1768-1793)
- Charlotte of Belgium, Empress consort of Mexico (1863-1867)
- Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, British princess (1796-1817); only child of George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV)
- Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen (1860–1919)
- Charlotte of Savoy, French queen (1441-1483)
- Charlotte Flair, American professional wrestler and actress
- Charlotte Cooper, English tennis player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.