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Lottie

Gender
Girl
Say it
LOT-ee
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#30 for girls
US rank, 2025
#527 for girls

Lottie is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 30th for girls in the UK (1,389 babies) and 527th for girls in the US (570 babies).

What does Lottie mean?

Germanic: pet form of Charlotte, via French

“free man”

Short form of Charlotte; Lottie Dod won the first of her five Wimbledon singles titles in 1887, aged 15.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Lottie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,389 girls in the UK and 570 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lottie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
30th among girls
Babies in 2025
1,389 about 1 in 200 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 40% in five years
Same name in a class
6.8% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,389 girls in the UK were named Lottie, making it the 30th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 61st.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Lottie of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Lottie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 31st in England and Wales, 29th in Scotland and 28th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2014 (#85) and 2024 (#38).

1996Busiest: 1,389 in 20252025
Lottie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,389#30
20241,241#36
20231,132#42
20221,021#51
20211,070#50
2020927#61
2019867#70
2018894#67
2017903#72
2016842#74
2015749#87
2014692#92
2013568#110
2012528#121
2011426#148
2010388#157
2009314#189
2008266#218
2007224#254
2006199#266
2005224#233
2004186#263
2003154#294
2002100#378
200172#469
200056#555
199950#598
199847#612
199750#588
199634#733

How popular is Lottie in the US?

Rank in 2025
527th among girls
Babies in 2025
570 about 1 in 2,800 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 261% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 570 girls in the US were named Lottie, making it the 527th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,552nd. Its busiest year was 1916, with 1,389 girls.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had more girls named Lottie than any year since 1929.

Half of all the girls named Lottie in the US since 1880 were born between 1904 and 1932, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 581 girls in the US were given Lottie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #521, up from #527 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 1,389 in 19162025
Lottie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025570#527
2024424#676
2023363#776
2022285#950
2021227#1,091
2020136#1,552
2019130#1,629
2018110#1,840
201784#2,236
2016101#1,972
201579#2,340
201468#2,580
201348#3,313
201259#2,900
201138#3,915
201032#4,493
200933#4,481
200831#4,760
200722#6,089
200619#6,590
200519#6,240
200422#5,551
200329#4,413
200222#5,250
200118#6,062
200013#7,574
199922#4,864
199818#5,579
199722#4,656
199619#5,060
199520#4,841
199414#6,313
199322#4,518
199228#3,767
199126#3,930
199028#3,709
198925#3,887
198832#3,090
198723#3,740
198631#2,972
198525#3,418
198432#2,780
198326#3,150
198237#2,532
198126#3,253
198037#2,537
197925#3,236
197824#3,196
197743#2,162
197640#2,135
197534#2,357
197455#1,667
197332#2,349
197252#1,698
197162#1,560
197056#1,653
196955#1,609
196874#1,279
196771#1,281
196667#1,320
196581#1,194
196497#1,112
196395#1,119
196290#1,152
1961115#1,012
1960114#1,006
1959134#900
1958137#869
1957129#896
1956160#778
1955148#787
1954198#651
1953171#696
1952202#615
1951190#625
1950211#573
1949256#507
1948264#502
1947263#509
1946218#534
1945256#444
1944280#428
1943284#439
1942319#402
1941332#372
1940327#361
1939357#335
1938315#368
1937365#327
1936369#321
1935393#316
1934445#290
1933467#278
1932462#291
1931508#276
1930556#267
1929674#234
1928658#244
1927769#234
1926773#231
1925851#220
1924978#203
19231,099#193
19221,090#192
19211,208#183
19201,240#177
19191,368#162
19181,378#162
19171,362#153
19161,389#143
19151,237#153
19141,053#142
1913837#143
1912772#142
1911620#135
1910634#127
1909583#121
1908580#116
1907512#130
1906529#118
1905547#116
1904497#118
1903509#113
1902537#111
1901498#106
1900690#97
1899584#93
1898586#102
1897523#102
1896574#92
1895553#95
1894597#87
1893532#92
1892547#89
1891501#88
1890502#88
1889498#81
1888511#81
1887414#81
1886450#75
1885393#80
1884397#76
1883372#76
1882319#82
1881289#80
1880245#88

Names like Lottie

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

Millie, Rosie, Elsie, Ottilie, Hallie, Matilda, Ada, Florence, Evie, Mabel, Bonnie, Olive

Other spellings of Lottie

Loti, Lotti

Names related to Lottie

Lettie, Lotte, Lotta, Lotty

More Germanic names

Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Albie, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles

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