Charlott
A feminine name of French origin meaning "free woman" or "petite".
Name Census estimates that about 270 living Americans carry the first name Charlott. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Charlott today is around 62 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Charlott births was 1989 (20 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Charlott. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
270
~ 1 in 1,269,461 Americans
Peak year
1989
20 babies that year
Average age
62
years old
2024 SSA rank
#13,785
Tracked since 1893
Census
Charlott in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 708 people with the first name Charlott, which placed it at #16,051 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#16,051
National first-name rank
People counted
708
708 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
76.1% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Charlott
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Charlott is White at 76.1%. The next largest groups are Black (12.3%) and Hispanic (6.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Charlott described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Charlott at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White76.1% · 539
- Black or African American12.3% · 87
- Hispanic or Latino6.5% · 46
- Two or more races3.8% · 27
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.8% · 6
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.4% · 3
Popularity
Charlott: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Charlott from the 1890s through to the 2020s, spanning 11 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1940s, with 98 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1940s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Charlott by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Charlott during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Charlotts live
Origin
Meaning and history of Charlott
The name Charlott is derived from the French name Charlotte, which in turn traces its origins to the ancient Germanic name Karl or Charles. The meaning of the name is believed to be "free man" or "petite and womanly." The name likely emerged in the Middle Ages, around the 9th or 10th century, as a feminine form of the male name Charles.
One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Charlotte of Albret, a 16th-century French noblewoman who lived from 1480 to 1514. She was the daughter of Alain de Albret and played a significant role in the politics of her time.
The name gained further prominence in the 17th century, particularly in England and France. One notable figure was Charlotte de La Trémoille, a French noblewoman born in 1599, who served as a lady-in-waiting to Queen Marie de' Medici.
In the 18th century, Charlotte Brontë, the celebrated English novelist and poet, was born in 1816. She is best known for her novels "Jane Eyre" and "Villette," which explored themes of love, independence, and social conventions.
Another famous bearer of the name was Charlotte Corday, a French revolutionary born in 1768. She assassinated the Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat during the Reign of Terror, an act that made her both a heroine and a villainess in the eyes of different factions.
In the 19th century, Charlotte Ormsby Whitton, a Canadian feminist and civil servant, was born in 1896. She served as the mayor of Ottawa from 1951 to 1956 and played a significant role in promoting women's rights and social welfare programs.
People
Charlott + last name combinations
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Related
Other names starting with C
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Charlott: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Charlott?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 270 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Charlott going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,269,461 US residents.
Is Charlott a common name?
We classify Charlott as "Very Rare". It ranks above 78% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 495 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Charlott most popular?
The single biggest year for Charlott was 1989, when 20 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Charlott is about 62 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Charlott in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 708 people with the name Charlott, or 0.23 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #16,051 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Charlott in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Charlott?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Charlott appears almost entirely female. Of the 710 people counted with this name, 99.9% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Charlott?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Charlott is White at 76.1%. The next largest groups are Black (12.3%) and Hispanic (6.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Charlott most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Charlott in the 2020 Census, accounting for 76.1% (539 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Charlott in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Charlott a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Charlott in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Charlott still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Charlott in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Charlott can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people share the name Charlott?
If you just want to know how many people share the name Charlott, HowManyOfMe.org gives you the headline number in one glance.