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Charlotte

Gender
Girl
Say it
SHAR-lot
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#21 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2 for girls
Style
Timeless

Charlotte is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 21st for girls in the UK (1,571 babies) and 2nd for girls in the US (13,400 babies).

What does Charlotte mean?

Germanic: French feminine diminutive of Charles

“free man”

Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, brought the name into fashion in Britain; Charlotte Brontë is another famous bearer.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Charlotte a girl's or a boy's name?

Charlotte is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,571 girls in the UK and 13,400 girls and 8 boys in the US.

How popular is Charlotte in the UK?

Rank in 2025
21st among girls
Babies in 2025
1,571 about 1 in 180 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 29% in five years
Same name in a class
7.6% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,571 girls in the UK were named Charlotte, making it the 21st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 18th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 5,974 girls.

2025 had the fewest girls named Charlotte since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Charlotte in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 25th in England and Wales, 14th in Scotland and 15th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#75), 1914 (#96), 1974 (#41), 1984 (#22), 1994 (#4), 2004 (#8), 2014 (#23) and 2024 (#23).

1996Busiest: 5,974 in 19962025
Charlotte in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,571#21
20241,704#18
20231,670#21
20221,797#21
20211,948#21
20202,015#18
20192,358#13
20182,556#10
20172,798#9
20162,984#11
20152,233#21
20142,304#21
20132,530#20
20122,552#20
20112,662#21
20102,843#21
20093,050#15
20083,162#14
20073,289#13
20063,447#13
20053,731#10
20044,027#9
20034,042#11
20024,407#8
20014,687#8
20004,974#8
19995,148#8
19985,628#9
19975,701#9
19965,974#8

How popular is Charlotte in the US?

Rank in 2025
2nd among girls
Babies in 2025
13,400 about 1 in 120 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 2% in five years
Same name in a class
11% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 13,400 girls in the US were named Charlotte, making it the 2nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5th. 8 boys were also named Charlotte in 2025 (8,906th for boys).

2025 had the most girls named Charlotte of any year since the records began in 1880.

Half of all the girls named Charlotte in the US since 1880 were born between 1941 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 13,400 in 20252025
Charlotte in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202513,400#2
202412,597#4
202312,638#3
202212,952#3
202113,368#3
202013,100#5
201913,239#6
201813,038#6
201712,969#7
201613,118#7
201511,415#9
201410,123#10
20139,314#11
20127,483#19
20116,431#27
20105,358#46
20094,191#68
20083,671#86
20073,331#101
20062,781#125
20052,447#135
20041,994#170
20031,763#182
20021,604#204
20011,379#229
20001,105#289
19991,004#307
1998997#304
1997954#301
1996946#302
19951,000#274
1994942#291
1993943#293
1992964#286
1991982#287
1990964#287
1989894#292
1988863#288
1987826#292
1986860#286
1985945#264
1984790#303
1983833#283
1982794#308
1981833#290
1980848#292
1979853#285
1978828#278
1977940#265
1976957#245
19751,081#224
19741,251#204
19731,331#194
19721,535#187
19711,746#176
19701,991#166
19692,027#160
19682,002#163
19672,021#164
19662,301#151
19652,471#153
19642,422#158
19632,594#153
19622,678#154
19612,935#147
19602,781#151
19592,969#144
19583,015#140
19573,250#133
19563,274#133
19553,328#129
19543,760#113
19533,813#100
19524,204#89
19514,649#84
19504,735#80
19495,142#71
19485,164#69
19475,386#68
19464,970#64
19454,529#55
19444,928#50
19435,482#47
19425,022#51
19414,564#55
19404,291#55
19393,739#66
19383,626#70
19373,536#67
19363,555#61
19353,470#65
19343,434#72
19333,114#79
19323,363#74
19313,403#75
19303,406#75
19293,537#73
19283,475#72
19273,676#75
19263,512#78
19253,551#77
19243,612#80
19233,596#77
19223,582#76
19213,587#79
19203,624#79
19193,353#79
19183,373#78
19173,229#76
19162,995#80
19152,757#81
19142,007#88
19131,603#87
19121,375#91
1911960#95
1910896#99
1909841#94
1908766#98
1907667#105
1906619#103
1905614#104
1904554#110
1903504#115
1902524#114
1901503#105
1900602#110
1899496#104
1898569#105
1897492#104
1896492#103
1895472#106
1894484#100
1893476#100
1892486#98
1891387#101
1890417#98
1889455#89
1888464#88
1887351#91
1886368#94
1885317#94
1884344#86
1883291#92
1882257#100
1881227#95
1880237#91

Nicknames for Charlotte

Names like Charlotte

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Alice, Emma, Sophie, Millie, Ella, Grace, Eleanor, Phoebe, Lucy, Rosie, Eloise, Chloe

Other spellings of Charlotte

Charlette, Charolette, Sharlotte

Names related to Charlotte

Carlotta

More Germanic names

Amelia, Liam, Henry, William, Archie, Charlie, Freddie, Harry, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Myles, Charles, Lottie, Avery

Every Germanic name

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, “Charlotte: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/charlotte, updated 20 October 2026.