Girls' name · since 1880
Lotta
Lotta has 499 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1883 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,878 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 499
- born since 1880
- 1880s
- peak decade
Lotta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 499 recorded since 1880.
Lotta has 499 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1880s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2016.
- #11,878 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 499 born since 1880
- 1880s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lotta ranks #11,878 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 499 born since 1880, peaking in the 1880s.
- #11,878 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 499
- born since 1880
- 1880s
- peak decade
Lotta's 499 recorded births place it above 83.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Lotta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lotta splits its recorded history at 1908: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1898 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1883 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lotta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2016
- Peak year (1883)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 137 years of records
Lotta by decade
1880s is the heaviest window (178 births, 36% of the file).
1880s was Lotta's strongest decade.
178 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Lotta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
178 births
- 1890s
1890s
81 births
- 1900s 57
1900s
57 births
- 1910s 67
1910s
67 births
- 1920s 56
1920s
56 births
- 1930s 23
1930s
23 births
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 14
1950s
14 births
- 2000s 8
2000s
8 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1880s at 178 births (36% of all-time use).
Lotta by state
Where Lotta concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 499 births nationwide.
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What to do with Lotta's data
- Lotta's decade-level peak was the 1880s (178 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Lottas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Lotta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1883)
Similar record span (~136 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, 1880–2016 (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 Lotta 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.