Lotta
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LOT-a
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Lotta is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Lotta mean?
Germanic: Scandinavian and German short form of Charlotte
“free man”
Astrid Lindgren's children's books feature Lotta, the stubborn youngest child of Troublemaker Street.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lotta a girl's or a boy's name?
Lotta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lotta in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Lotta, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lotta in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Lotta in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
Names like Lotta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ada Etta Matilda Ottilie Ella Ida Lola Hattie Eva Mina Millie Lina
Names related to Lotta
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Harry Albie Louie Miles Alice Myles Charles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lotta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lotta, updated 20 October 2026.