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Girl's name · #2 in the US (2025) · Comeback
Charlotte was #47 in 1943, slipped to #308 by 1982, and reached #2 in 2025 — its highest rank ever. Roughly 453,000 girls have been named Charlotte since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
Actors Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. chose the name for their first child, Charlotte Grace Prinze, born in September 2009.
See where Charlotte is more common.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states, the #1 girl's name in 21 of them. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Charlotte is a leading choice across several countries and regions, reaching #1 in Australia (NSW), Australia (VIC), and Australia (QLD).
#1 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #1 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #1 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #2 in New Zealand (2025) · #14 in Scotland (2025) · #15 in N. Ireland (2025) · #25 in England & Wales (2025) · #40 in Austria (2025) · #41 in France (2025) · #43 in Ireland (2025) · #47 in Belgium (2025) · #73 in Switzerland (2025) and 8 more.
Among 3,237 notable people named Charlotte:
Medical professionals appear 1.49× more often than among typical names — e.g. Charlotte Norrie, Danish nurse and women's rights activist.
A popular twin pairing with Charlotte is Henry for a boy.
About 2,200 girls a year are given Charlie as their full name, 410 Charley, and 370 Lottie.
Similar names: Charlie · Amelia · Camila · Juliette · Evelyn · Eleanor
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