Girls' name · peaked in 2025
Charlotte name popularity since 1925
399,300 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Charlotte. Half of them were born in 2003 or earlier, so the typical Charlotte is about 23 years old in 2026. Charlotte peaked in 2025 as the #2 name for girls, and it ranked #2 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 399,300
- Named Charlotte, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #2
- for girls in 2025 (13,400 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 398,608 girls · 692 boys
- Most popular in
- Delaware
- 1.58× its national share
Peak year is the year Charlotte made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Charlotte births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Charlotte both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1973 and 1978, Charlotte's share of baby girls fell by 41%, from 1 in 1,100 to 1 in 1,850.
- Fastest rise: Between 2008 and 2013, it became 2.7× more common, from 1 in 515 baby girls to 1 in 188.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Charlotte's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Charlotte.
Decade by decade
Babies named Charlotte in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 17,751 | 49 | – |
| 1930s | 34,646 | 126 | #65 |
| 1940s | 49,478 | 168 | #55 |
| 1950s | 36,997 | 80 | #129 |
| 1960s | 24,232 | 74 | #153 |
| 1970s | 12,513 | 21 | #224 |
| 1980s | 8,486 | 25 | #264 |
| 1990s | 9,696 | 0 | #274 |
| 2000s | 24,266 | 5 | #135 |
| 2010s | 102,488 | 79 | #9 |
| 2020–25 | 78,055 | 65 | #2 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
40.4% of babies named Charlotte from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Charlotte is most popular
The index compares Charlotte's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Charlotte.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 1.58× | 1,314 |
| New Hampshire | 1.57× | 1,982 |
| Virginia | 1.50× | 13,587 |
| West Virginia | 1.38× | 4,864 |
| Tennessee | 1.35× | 11,417 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Charlotte and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte (this page) | 398,608 | 2025 |
| Charlette | 4,294 | 1971 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Charlotte's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Charlotte.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Charlotte (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data