Girls' name · since 1880
Carlotta
Carlotta has 6,462 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1948 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,187 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,070 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,462
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Yes -- Carlotta is the #4070 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 6,462 recorded since 1880.
Carlotta has 6,462 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4070 as of the latest data, more common than 76% of girls, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #2,187 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,070 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,462 born since 1880
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carlotta ranks #2,187 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,070 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,462 born since 1880, peaking in the 1950s.
- #2,187 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,070 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,462
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Carlotta's 6,462 recorded births place it above 96.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Carlotta compares
6,462 Top 12% higher than 88% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Carlotta's all-time total is 17x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Carlotta | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,462 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 255 | 21 | 19,840 |
Carlotta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Carlotta splits its recorded history at 1954: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1885 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1948 peak of 255 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Carlotta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1948)
- 255
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Carlotta by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (1,286 births, 20% of the file).
1950s was Carlotta's strongest decade.
1,286 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Carlotta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 69
1880s
69 births
- 1890s 81
1890s
81 births
- 1900s 87
1900s
87 births
- 1910s 244
1910s
244 births
- 1920s 322
1920s
322 births
- 1930s 400
1930s
400 births
- 1940s
1940s
1,225 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,286 births
- 1960s
1960s
872 births
- 1970s
1970s
787 births
- 1980s 366
1980s
366 births
- 1990s 213
1990s
213 births
- 2000s 130
2000s
130 births
- 2010s 160
2010s
160 births
- 2020s 220
2020s
220 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 1,286 births (20% of all-time use).
How Carlotta compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Carlotta's total volume
Carlotta by state
Where Carlotta concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 324 | 5.0% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 314 | 4.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 226 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 224 | 3.5% |
| #5 | New York | | 217 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 178 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 174 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Florida | | 128 | 2.0% |
324 of 6,462 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Carlotta appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Carlotta's data
- Carlotta's decade-level peak was the 1950s (1,286 total births); usage has since declined to 220 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Carlottas (324 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Carlotta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1948)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Carlotta draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.