How rare is the name Carlotta?

4,448 people in the United States have the first name Carlotta, about 1 in 67,903. It ranks #4,272 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

CARLOTTA

#4,272

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,448
About
1 in 67,903
This common or more
83.8%
Who bears it

Of the 4,448 people named Carlotta, 47.4% reported their origin as White, 33.4% as Black and 13.1% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Carlotta peaked in 1948, when 255 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1948
Births that year
255
In 2025*
35 ▼86%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,462 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Carlotta by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,255. The largest share of babies named Carlotta, 38.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#1,51269
1890s#1,78681
1900s#2,07787
1910s#2,354244
1920s#2,550322
1930s#2,056400
1940s#1,2551,225
1950s#1,4711,286
1960s#1,950872
1970s#2,234787
1980s#4,201366
1990s#7,753213
2000s#13,666130
2010s#12,372160
2020s#6,931220
Before 19012.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–278.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4514.8%
Baby boom 1946–6438.8%
Generation X 1965–8018.8%
Millennials 1981–967.6%
Generation Z 1997–123.3%
2013 and later5.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Carlotta is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Carlotta has been most common in North Dakota (3.6×), Illinois (2.5×), and Ohio (1.9×), and least common in Georgia (0.69×).

2,501 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Carlotta

2 other first names also have 4,448 people.

#4,272 Francois · 4,448#4,272 Santo · 4,448

Either side of Carlotta

#4,269 Vikram · 4,452#4,271 Shelbie · 4,451#4,272 Francois · 4,448#4,272 Santo · 4,448

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Carlotta, most common first.

#4,641 Carlota · 3,948#7,121 Carletta · 2,167#9,673 Carlita · 1,424#13,165 Carlette · 924#25,713 Carletha · 367#37,052 Carleta · 212#53,039 Carlett · 103

Also a last name

As a last name, Carlotta ranks #103,857 of 156,621, with 184 people. See Carlotta as a last name

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