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Zoya vs Charlotte

How Zoya 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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Zoya

Female · English

Meaning: Life.

Charlotte

Female · French

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

US Popularity History — Side-by-Side

Annual US births named Zoya (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 Zoya Charlotte
Peak year (most US births) 2022 — 358 girls 2025 — 13,400 girls
Peak rank #792 #2
Most recent rank (2024) #976 (266 births) #2 (13,400 births)
Total US births since 1880 1,484 371,325
Last 10 years (2015–2024) 1,484 130,337

Peak comparison takeaway

At its all-time peak, Charlotte reached 13,400 US births in 2025 — 13,042 more than Zoya's peak count.

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.

Zoya — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 Connecticut #472 21
2 Oregon #546 21
3 Virginia #621 128
4 New York #629 262
5 Washington #660 88

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 →