Girls' name · since 1880
Charlotte
Charlotte has 453,433 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #77 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 453,433
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Charlotte is the #2 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 453,433 recorded since 1880.
Charlotte has 453,433 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2 as of the latest data, more common than 99.9% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- 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.
- #77 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 453,433 born since 1880
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Charlotte ranks #77 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 453,433 born since 1880, peaking in the 2010s.
- #77 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 453,433
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Charlotte's 453,433 recorded births place it above 99.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Charlotte compares
453,433 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Charlotte's all-time total is 1,206x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Charlotte | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 453,433 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13,400 | 21 | 19,840 |
Charlotte's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Charlotte's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1881, with only 227 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 13,400, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Charlotte popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 13,400
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Charlotte popularity over time - boys
771 total births recorded since 1907 (Charlotte as boys' name)
Charlotte by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (102,488 births, 23% of the file).
2010s was Charlotte's strongest decade.
102,488 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Charlotte births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 3,311
1880s
3,311 births
- 1890s 4,771
1890s
4,771 births
- 1900s 6,194
1900s
6,194 births
- 1910s 22,548
1910s
22,548 births
- 1920s 35,752
1920s
35,752 births
- 1930s 34,646
1930s
34,646 births
- 1940s
1940s
49,478 births
- 1950s 36,997
1950s
36,997 births
- 1960s 24,232
1960s
24,232 births
- 1970s 12,513
1970s
12,513 births
- 1980s 8,486
1980s
8,486 births
- 1990s 9,696
1990s
9,696 births
- 2000s 24,266
2000s
24,266 births
- 2010s
2010s
102,488 births
- 2020s
2020s
78,055 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 102,488 births (23% of all-time use).
How Charlotte 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 Charlotte's total volume
Charlotte by state
Where Charlotte concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 33,603 | 7.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 28,712 | 6.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 28,039 | 6.2% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 24,710 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 21,187 | 4.7% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 19,862 | 4.4% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 15,043 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Florida | | 14,774 | 3.3% |
33,603 of 453,433 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Charlotte appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Charlotte's data
- Charlotte's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (102,488 total births) through the 2020s (78,055) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Charlottes (33,603 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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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Charlotte
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Charlotte: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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 Charlotte 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.