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Tiffany vs Charlotte

How Tiffany and Charlotte compare across 146 years of US Social Security Administration baby-name records — popularity history, peak years, current rank, and which name overtook which.

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Tiffany

Female · French

Meaning: Appearance Of God

Charlotte

Female · French

Meaning: Tiny And Feminine. Also Feminine Of Charles Meaning Manly

US Popularity History — Side-by-Side

Annual US births named Tiffany (girls) vs Charlotte (girls), from US Social Security Administration national records.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Names appearing fewer than 5 times per year are suppressed by SSA.

Quick Stats

Metric Tiffany Charlotte
Peak year (most US births) 1988 — 18,363 girls 2025 — 13,400 girls
Peak rank #13 #2
Most recent rank (2025) #880 (304 births) #2 (13,400 births)
Total US births since 1880 330,178 371,325
Last 10 years (2016–2025) 3,789 130,337

Peak comparison takeaway

At its all-time peak, Tiffany reached 18,363 US births in 1988 — 4,963 more than Charlotte's peak count.

Crossover Years

Years where one name first passed the other in annual US births. A name "winning" in a year means it had more births that year, not necessarily a higher rank.

Year New leader Tiffany births Charlotte births
1970 Tiffany 4,001 0
2004 Charlotte 1,958 1,994

Strongest States — Last 10 Years

States where each name ranked highest, from SSA's state-level dataset. Lower average rank = name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name list.

Tiffany — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 California #473 770
2 Nevada #501 32
3 New York #562 324
4 Connecticut #581 16
5 Maryland #594 78

Charlotte — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 New Hampshire #1 769
2 Maine #1 692
3 Minnesota #2 2,462
4 Michigan #2 4,018
5 Virginia #2 3,967

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Data & methodology

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby names dataset 1880–2025 (CC0 public domain). Names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a given year are suppressed by SSA. State-level coverage runs 1910–2025. Crossover detection compares annual birth counts (not ranks) for each year both names appear. Methodology: see full notes. More comparisons →