Charlotte

girls’ nameAt its peakCompare

Charlotte is ranked 4th among girls in 2024 (12,552 births). Its best rank was 3rd, in 2021–2023.

Rank in 2024: #4down 1 from 2023
Births in 2024: 12,5520.78% of girls
Peak year: 202113,362 births
Best rank: #3first in 2021
Since 1880: 439,944people given the name

Babies named Charlotte, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

439,944 girls have been named Charlotte in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 13,362 births — 0.81% of all girls recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1971, and the 2010s alone account for 23%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 77 of them in the top 100 and 11 in the top 10.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Charlotte
1880s	3,311
1890s	4,771
1900s	6,194
1910s	22,548
1920s	35,752
1930s	34,646
1940s	49,478
1950s	36,998
1960s	24,232
1970s	12,514
1980s	8,488
1990s	9,695
2000s	24,264
2010s	102,470
2020s	64,583

In 2021, its biggest year

Charlotte was the 3rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2021 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Ava. See all of 2021.

Names that rose and fell with Charlotte

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.