Charlotte
- Pronunciation
- [Char-lotte]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- French feminine diminutive of Charles
- Origin
- French
Meaning and history of Charlotte
Charlotte is a French feminine diminutive of Charles. That relationship is more precise than treating “tiny and feminine” as the name’s literal meaning. Lottie and Charlie are among its documented English short forms.
Name-history references: Charlotte. Reviewed October 27, 2026.
By Marvin Tang. Popularity figures use an imported selection of SSA records; SSA does not supply name meanings or etymologies. Editorial references, where available, are listed with the name explanation. Sources and coverage.
Quick Facts About Charlotte
US Popularity History (1880–2025)
Annual imported US counts for Charlotte by recorded sex, from US Social Security Administration records. Highest count in the imported records: 2025 with 13,400 girls named Charlotte (girl rank #2 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Coverage: imported US Social Security card-application records, not a complete birth census. Historical coverage is narrower, including top-100 selection before 2000; recent imports also use catalog and rank filters. Missing rows can reflect those filters or source privacy limits and must not be read as zero or fewer than five uses. Spellings and recorded sex are kept separate.
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Look up Charlotte across states
Compare this exact spelling in one year and recorded sex list. Missing state records remain unknown.
Observed State Ranks for Charlotte
Average girl-name rank across the same 2016–2025 window, limited to 51 jurisdictions with every year imported. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings. This is an ordinal comparison, not a per-capita rate. States with missing years are excluded. For Charlotte the lowest observed averages are in Maine, New Hampshire, Michigan.
Lowest observed average rank
| # | State | Avg rank | Imported count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maine | #1 | 752 |
| 2 | New Hampshire | #1 | 862 |
| 3 | Michigan | #2 | 4,402 |
| 4 | Minnesota | #2 | 2,687 |
| 5 | Virginia | #2 | 4,404 |
| 6 | Rhode Island | #2 | 548 |
| 7 | Colorado | #2 | 2,715 |
| 8 | Iowa | #2 | 1,585 |
| 9 | Massachusetts | #2 | 3,515 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | #2 | 2,683 |
Highest observed average rank
| # | State | Avg rank | Imported count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | #17 | 412 |
| 2 | Hawaii | #13 | 283 |
| 3 | California | #12 | 11,836 |
| 4 | West Virginia | #12 | 566 |
| 5 | Mississippi | #12 | 754 |
| 6 | Texas | #11 | 10,134 |
| 7 | Nevada | #9 | 951 |
| 8 | Arizona | #9 | 2,436 |
| 9 | North Dakota | #8 | 360 |
| 10 | Florida | #8 | 6,856 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. Only states with all 10 annual observations for this spelling and recorded sex are compared. Missing states are excluded, not assigned zero. Average rank measures position in state rankings, not a per-capita rate. Local import filters and SSA privacy limits can both create gaps. Coverage and limitations.
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Famous People Named Charlotte
3 notable figures from history and culture who share the name Charlotte.
- Charlotte Bronte — Novelist (1816)
- Charlotte Church — Opera Singer (1986)
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a famous American feminist, sociologist and novelist.
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Compare Charlotte to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Charlotte against names with the largest imported counts for girls-name peers (top 8 with every year imported, 2016–2025). Names with missing annual observations are excluded from this comparison.
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