How common is the name Charlotte?

254,532 people in the United States have the first name Charlotte, about 1 in 1,187. It ranks #212 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CHARLOTTE

#212

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
254,532
About
1 in 1,187
This common or more
42.6%
Who bears it

Of the 254,532 people named Charlotte, 80.8% reported their origin as White, 6.7% as Black and 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Charlotte peaked in 2025, when 13,408 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
13,408
In 2025*
13,408
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 454,204 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.

Charlotte by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #6. The largest share of babies named Charlotte, 35.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1483,311
1890s#1464,771
1900s#1456,199
1910s#13922,599
1920s#13435,824
1930s#13134,772
1940s#11649,646
1950s#21237,077
1960s#29324,306
1970s#39812,534
1980s#5638,511
1990s#5899,696
2000s#30424,271
2010s#37102,567
2020s#678,120
Before 19011.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2712.5%
Silent Generation 1928–4515.6%
Baby boom 1946–6415.7%
Generation X 1965–805.3%
Millennials 1981–963.2%
Generation Z 1997–1210.2%
2013 and later35.5%

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 Charlotte is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Charlotte has been most common in New Hampshire (1.6×), Delaware (1.6×), and Vermont (1.5×), and least common in California (0.76×).

437,694 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.

Either side of Charlotte

#210 Paula · 256,421#211 Joel · 256,017#213 Rosa · 254,275#214 Evan · 254,255

Spelled almost the same

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

#5,168 Charlette · 3,380#6,012 Charolette · 2,732#14,056 Charletta · 845#16,017 Charlott · 710#18,083 Charlotta · 600#26,555 Charlett · 350#28,872 Charlote · 309#29,211 Charlot · 304

Also a last name

As a last name, Charlotte ranks #89,563 of 156,621, with 222 people. See Charlotte as a last name

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