Girls' name · since 1880
Lottie
Lottie has 48,352 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1916 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #602 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #527 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 48,352
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lottie is the #527 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 48,352 recorded since 1880.
Lottie has 48,352 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #527 as of the latest data, more common than 97% of girls, busiest in the 1910s -- 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.
- #602 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #527 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 48,352 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lottie ranks #602 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #527 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 48,352 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #602 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #527 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 48,352
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Lottie's 48,352 recorded births place it above 99.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
43 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by North Carolina.
How Lottie compares
48,352 Top 4% higher than 96% 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
Lottie's all-time total is 129x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lottie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 48,352 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,389 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lottie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lottie splits its recorded history at 1953: 12% of all births land in the more recent half, 88% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2000 (13 births) -- compare that against the 1916 peak of 1,389 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lottie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1916)
- 1,389
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Lottie popularity over time - boys
133 total births recorded since 1888 (Lottie as boys' name)
Lottie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (10,650 births, 22% of the file).
1910s was Lottie's strongest decade.
10,650 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Lottie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 3,888
1880s
3,888 births
- 1890s
1890s
5,499 births
- 1900s
1900s
5,482 births
- 1910s
1910s
10,650 births
- 1920s
1920s
9,340 births
- 1930s 4,237
1930s
4,237 births
- 1940s 2,799
1940s
2,799 births
- 1950s 1,680
1950s
1,680 births
- 1960s 859
1960s
859 births
- 1970s 423
1970s
423 births
- 1980s 294
1980s
294 births
- 1990s 219
1990s
219 births
- 2000s 228
2000s
228 births
- 2010s 749
2010s
749 births
- 2020s 2,005
2020s
2,005 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 10,650 births (22% of all-time use).
How Lottie 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 Lottie's total volume
Lottie by state
Where Lottie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 2,139 | 4.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,091 | 4.3% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 2,061 | 4.3% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 1,990 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 1,810 | 3.7% |
| #6 | New York | | 1,697 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Mississippi | | 1,687 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 1,637 | 3.4% |
2,139 of 48,352 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Lottie appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lottie's data
- Lottie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (10,650 total births); usage has since declined to 2,005 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Lotties (2,139 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina 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 Lottie
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lottie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
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 Lottie 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.