Carlota
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kar-LOH-ta
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,644 for girls
Carlota is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 3,644th for girls in the US (41 babies).
What does Carlota mean?
Germanic: Spanish and Portuguese form of Charlotte
“free man”
Spanish and Portuguese form of Charlotte; Empress Carlota of Mexico was the wife of Emperor Maximilian I.
Is Carlota a girl's or a boy's name?
Carlota is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 41 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carlota in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Carlota, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 11 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Carlota than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Carlota in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were given Carlota or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,977, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
- Carlota 6
- Carlotta 6
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Carlota in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
How popular is Carlota in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,644among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 41about 1 in 39,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 41 girls in the US were named Carlota, making it the 3,644th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 66 girls. It first appears in the records in 1887.
2025 had fewer girls named Carlota than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Carlota in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 76 girls in the US were given Carlota or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,038, up from #3,644 for this spelling alone.
- Carlota 41
- Carlotta 35
Carlota in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #3,644 |
| 2024 | 60 | #2,798 |
| 2023 | 66 | #2,646 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 60 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,399 |
| 2019 | 48 | #3,271 |
| 2018 | 44 | #3,496 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 45 | #3,464 |
| 2015 | 31 | #4,487 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,399 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,921 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,378 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,308 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,970 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,018 |
| 1953 | 13 | #3,105 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,534 |
| 1949 | 20 | #2,211 |
| 1948 | 16 | #2,490 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,945 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,596 |
| 1945 | 18 | #1,992 |
| 1944 | 16 | #2,198 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,833 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,213 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,501 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,947 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,945 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,630 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,801 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,924 |
| 1934 | 30 | #1,317 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,520 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,336 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,434 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,338 |
| 1928 | 27 | #1,540 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,618 |
| 1926 | 29 | #1,513 |
| 1925 | 38 | #1,272 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,643 |
| 1923 | 32 | #1,428 |
| 1922 | 48 | #1,103 |
| 1921 | 49 | #1,080 |
| 1920 | 43 | #1,152 |
| 1919 | 39 | #1,194 |
| 1918 | 31 | #1,380 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,470 |
| 1916 | 32 | #1,278 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,173 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,665 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,358 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,252 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,372 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,521 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,369 |
| 1908 | 16 | #1,004 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,092 |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,154 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,419 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,092 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,204 |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,024 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 11 | #1,170 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,180 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,379 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,263 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 10 | #958 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,332 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,209 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1887 | 8 | #860 |
Names like Carlota
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Matilda Ada Clara Cora Etta Eliza Lola Ella Eva Amelia Lottie Eloise
Other spellings of Carlota
Names related to Carlota
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Carlota: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carlota, updated 20 October 2026.