Sharlotte
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHAR-lut
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,171 for girls
Sharlotte is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).
What does Sharlotte mean?
Germanic: spelling of Charlotte, the French feminine of Charles
“free man”
Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, helped make Charlotte fashionable in Britain.
Is Sharlotte a girl's or a boy's name?
Sharlotte is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sharlotte in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sharlotte in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Sharlotte in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Sharlotte in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,171st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 47,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Sharlotte, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1930.
Half of all the girls named Sharlotte in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 13,548 girls in the US were given Sharlotte or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #3, up from #4,171 for this spelling alone.
- Charlotte 13,400
- Charlette 72
- Charolette 42
- Sharlotte 34
Sharlotte in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,171 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,455 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,265 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,107 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,437 |
| 1961 | 24 | #2,473 |
| 1960 | 16 | #3,094 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,516 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,378 |
| 1957 | 27 | #2,120 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,047 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,224 |
| 1954 | 24 | #2,185 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,580 |
| 1951 | 21 | #2,181 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,184 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,857 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,529 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,152 |
| 1945 | 16 | #2,148 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,351 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,415 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
Nicknames for Sharlotte
Names like Sharlotte
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Charlotte, Alice, Robyn, Zoe, Michelle, Emma, Jasmine, Ellie, Eloise, Millie, Daphne, Marnie
Other spellings of Sharlotte
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, William, Archie, Charlie, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Myles, Charles, Lottie
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, “Sharlotte: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sharlotte, updated 20 October 2026.