Lotte
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LOT-uh
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Lotte is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Lotte mean?
Germanic: short form of Charlotte
“free man”
Dutch, German and Scandinavian short form of Charlotte, the feminine of Charles.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lotte a girl's or a boy's name?
Lotte is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lotte in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Lotte, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 19 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Lotte than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Lotte in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Lotte in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,756 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,829 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Lotte in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Lotte, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1920.
Half of all the girls named Lotte in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lotte in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
Names like Lotte
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isabelle Grace Millie Lily Ella Phoebe Ruby Evie Amelie Scarlett Tilly Gracie
Names related to Lotte
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Harry Albie Matilda Louie Miles Alice Myles
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, “Lotte: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lotte, updated 20 October 2026.