Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Origin: FrenchCharlotte is a feminine given name. It is a female form of the male name Charles. It is of French or Italian origin, meaning "free man" or "petite". It dates back to at least the 14th century.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Charlotte yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Charlotte reached its highest-ever count in 2021 at 13,362 births and has eased only slightly since, to 12,552 in 2024 — a 24% rise over the decade despite dropping one rank position from its 2021 peak of #3 to #4 today, which points to a name holding steady while others around it move faster.
It's been in the SSA data continuously since 1880, but its modern rise is recent and sharp: the name spent most of the 20th century well below its current position before climbing through the 2010s. Princess Charlotte of Wales, born 2015, sits right at the start of that acceleration, though the name was already well into its ascent by then.
The literary association — Charlotte Brontë — gives the name a different kind of cultural weight than most current top-ten names carry, less tied to any specific celebrity generation and more to a centuries-old reference point, which may partly explain why its growth has been gradual rather than a sudden spike.
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 237 | #91 |
| 1881 | 227 | #95 |
| 1882 | 257 | #100 |
| 1883 | 291 | #92 |
| 1884 | 344 | #86 |
| 1885 | 317 | #94 |
| 1886 | 368 | #94 |
| 1887 | 351 | #91 |
| 1888 | 464 | #88 |
| 1889 | 455 | #89 |
| 1890 | 417 | #99 |
| 1891 | 387 | #101 |
| 1892 | 486 | #98 |
| 1893 | 476 | #100 |
| 1894 | 484 | #100 |
| 1895 | 472 | #106 |
| 1896 | 492 | #103 |
| 1897 | 492 | #104 |
| 1898 | 569 | #105 |
| 1899 | 496 | #104 |
| 1900 | 602 | #110 |
| 1901 | 503 | #105 |
| 1902 | 524 | #114 |
| 1903 | 504 | #115 |
| 1904 | 554 | #110 |
| 1905 | 614 | #104 |
| 1906 | 619 | #103 |
| 1907 | 667 | #105 |
| 1908 | 766 | #98 |
| 1909 | 841 | #94 |
| 1910 | 896 | #99 |
| 1911 | 960 | #95 |
| 1912 | 1,375 | #91 |
| 1913 | 1,603 | #87 |
| 1914 | 2,007 | #88 |
| 1915 | 2,757 | #81 |
| 1916 | 2,995 | #80 |
| 1917 | 3,229 | #76 |
| 1918 | 3,373 | #78 |
| 1919 | 3,353 | #79 |
| 1920 | 3,624 | #79 |
| 1921 | 3,587 | #79 |
| 1922 | 3,582 | #76 |
| 1923 | 3,596 | #77 |
| 1924 | 3,612 | #80 |
| 1925 | 3,551 | #77 |
| 1926 | 3,512 | #78 |
| 1927 | 3,676 | #75 |
| 1928 | 3,475 | #72 |
| 1929 | 3,537 | #73 |
| 1930 | 3,406 | #75 |
| 1931 | 3,403 | #75 |
| 1932 | 3,363 | #74 |
| 1933 | 3,114 | #79 |
| 1934 | 3,434 | #72 |
| 1935 | 3,470 | #65 |
| 1936 | 3,555 | #61 |
| 1937 | 3,537 | #67 |
| 1938 | 3,625 | #70 |
| 1939 | 3,739 | #66 |
| 1940 | 4,291 | #55 |
| 1941 | 4,564 | #55 |
| 1942 | 5,022 | #51 |
| 1943 | 5,482 | #47 |
| 1944 | 4,928 | #50 |
| 1945 | 4,529 | #55 |
| 1946 | 4,970 | #64 |
| 1947 | 5,386 | #68 |
| 1948 | 5,164 | #69 |
| 1949 | 5,142 | #71 |
| 1950 | 4,736 | #80 |
| 1951 | 4,649 | #84 |
| 1952 | 4,204 | #89 |
| 1953 | 3,814 | #100 |
| 1954 | 3,760 | #113 |
| 1955 | 3,327 | #129 |
| 1956 | 3,274 | #133 |
| 1957 | 3,250 | #133 |
| 1958 | 3,015 | #140 |
| 1959 | 2,969 | #144 |
| 1960 | 2,781 | #151 |
| 1961 | 2,934 | #147 |
| 1962 | 2,678 | #154 |
| 1963 | 2,595 | #153 |
| 1964 | 2,422 | #158 |
| 1965 | 2,471 | #153 |
| 1966 | 2,301 | #151 |
| 1967 | 2,021 | #164 |
| 1968 | 2,002 | #163 |
| 1969 | 2,027 | #160 |
| 1970 | 1,991 | #166 |
| 1971 | 1,746 | #176 |
| 1972 | 1,535 | #187 |
| 1973 | 1,331 | #194 |
| 1974 | 1,251 | #203 |
| 1975 | 1,081 | #224 |
| 1976 | 957 | #245 |
| 1977 | 940 | #265 |
| 1978 | 829 | #277 |
| 1979 | 853 | #285 |
| 1980 | 848 | #292 |
| 1981 | 833 | #290 |
| 1982 | 794 | #308 |
| 1983 | 834 | #283 |
| 1984 | 790 | #304 |
| 1985 | 945 | #264 |
| 1986 | 860 | #286 |
| 1987 | 827 | #292 |
| 1988 | 863 | #288 |
| 1989 | 894 | #292 |
| 1990 | 964 | #287 |
| 1991 | 982 | #287 |
| 1992 | 964 | #286 |
| 1993 | 943 | #293 |
| 1994 | 942 | #291 |
| 1995 | 999 | #276 |
| 1996 | 946 | #302 |
| 1997 | 954 | #301 |
| 1998 | 997 | #304 |
| 1999 | 1,004 | #307 |
| 2000 | 1,105 | #289 |
| 2001 | 1,379 | #229 |
| 2002 | 1,604 | #204 |
| 2003 | 1,763 | #182 |
| 2004 | 1,994 | #170 |
| 2005 | 2,446 | #135 |
| 2006 | 2,781 | #125 |
| 2007 | 3,330 | #101 |
| 2008 | 3,671 | #86 |
| 2009 | 4,191 | #68 |
| 2010 | 5,358 | #46 |
| 2011 | 6,430 | #27 |
| 2012 | 7,482 | #19 |
| 2013 | 9,311 | #11 |
| 2014 | 10,120 | #10 |
| 2015 | 11,415 | #9 |
| 2016 | 13,117 | #7 |
| 2017 | 12,965 | #7 |
| 2018 | 13,036 | #6 |
| 2019 | 13,236 | #6 |
| 2020 | 13,097 | #4 |
| 2021 | 13,362 | #3 |
| 2022 | 12,944 | #3 |
| 2023 | 12,628 | #3 |
| 2024 | 12,552 | #4 |
