Charlotte
Right now Charlotte holds #2 in the country, at or near its all-time peak. An old entry (1880) having its biggest moment now, with 453,433 American bearers across the record.
What Charlotte carries
Charlotte · Teutonic
“man”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Charlotte’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Charlotte, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Charlotte since 1880
Charlotte is at its all-time peak right now: #2 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Charlotte is most common
Among the states, Charlotte takes its largest share in Vermont, 3.59% of the girls' names recorded there in 2025, with Maine and New Hampshire next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Charlotte
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Amelia
#4 in 2025 · Teutonic
Henry
#5 in 2025 · Teutonic
Emery
#74 in 2025 · Teutonic
Leonardo
#91 in 2025 · Teutonic
Charlie
#133 in 2025 · Teutonic
Ella
#29 in 2025 · Teutonic
Adeline
#59 in 2025 · Teutonic
Axel
#79 in 2025 · Teutonic
Browse: names starting with C · Teutonic names · all names
About Charlotte
Where does Charlotte rank right now?
Right now Charlotte holds #2 in the country, at or near its all-time peak. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What does Charlotte mean?
The gloss on record reads “man”, of Teutonic origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Charlotte?
The recipe puts Amelia first, then Emery, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
Get Charlotte’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
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A printed picture book where Charlotte earns every letter of their own name, page by page. See the preview pages and hear when it is ready.
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