# Lotta (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lotta/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 499 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 499 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 118, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 5 | 5,452 |
| 1924 | 11 | 3,077 |
| 1925 | 8 | 3,887 |
| 1926 | 5 | 5,304 |
| 1928 | 7 | 4,010 |
| 1930 | 6 | 4,326 |
| 1933 | 7 | 3,618 |
| 1936 | 5 | 4,584 |
| 1937 | 5 | 4,640 |
| 1940 | 5 | 4,757 |
| 1946 | 5 | 5,383 |
| 1952 | 9 | 3,994 |
| 1955 | 5 | 6,349 |
| 2009 | 8 | 13,185 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,800 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9 | 2,589 |
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## People named Lotta

- Lotta Lepistö, Finnish cyclist
- Eva-Lotta Kiibus, Estonian figure skater (born 2003)
- Lotta Kemppinen, Finnish sprinter
- Lotta Crabtree, American actress and comedian (1847-1924)
- Lotta Faust, American actor, dancer and singer (1880-1910)
- Lotta Almblad, female ice hockey player from Sweden

## 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.