Charlotte

“Variant of Charles — Free man” — Germanic, via French origin

Girl's name · #2 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Charlotte was #47 in 1943, slipped to #308 by 1982, and reached #2 in 2025 — its highest rank ever. Roughly 453,000 girls have been named Charlotte since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Charlotte's short forms are Charlie, Charley, Chaz, Lottie, and Charly. A popular twin pairing with Charlotte is Henry for a boy.

Around the world: #1 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #1 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #1 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #2 in Canada (2024) · #2 in New Zealand (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states, the #1 girl's name in 21 of them. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Charlottes

Charlotte Brontë — British novelist and poet (1816-1855)
Charlotte Rampling — British actress (born 1946)
Charlotte Gainsbourg — French and British actress and singer (born 1971)
Charlotte Perrelli — Swedish singer
Charlotte Perkins Gilman — American feminist, writer, artist, and lecturer (1860–1935)

In stories & tradition

Charlotte Lewis — Lost
Charlotte (Milady de Winter) — The Three Musketeers
Charlotte York Goldenblatt — Sex and the City

What Charlottes become

Among 3,237 notable people named Charlotte:

Medical professionals appear 1.49× more often than among typical names — e.g. Charlotte Norrie, Danish nurse and women's rights activist.

Similar names: Charlie · Amelia · Camila · Juliette · Evelyn · Emma

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