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How popular is “Charlotte” in the USA?

Number of people named “Charlotte” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Charlotte” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Charlotte” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Charlotte” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Charlotte” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Charlotte” by birth year

This chart shows how “Charlotte” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 237 0.001176272 237 100%
1881 227 0.00117807 227 100%
1882 257 0.001160098 257 100%
1883 291 0.001341348 291 100%
1884 344 0.001412957 344 100%
1885 317 0.00131615 317 100%
1886 368 0.001441351 368 100%
1887 351 0.001418801 351 100%
1888 464 0.001549383 464 100%
1889 455 0.001574689 455 100%
1890 417 0.001383539 417 100%
1891 387 0.00134997 387 100%
1892 486 0.001453462 486 100%
1893 476 0.001463611 476 100%
1894 484 0.001429035 484 100%
1895 472 0.001344653 472 100%
1896 492 0.001376285 492 100%
1897 492 0.001418043 492 100%
1898 569 0.001491657 569 100%
1899 496 0.001462118 496 100%
1900 602 0.001337011 602 100%
1901 503 0.001454548 503 100%
1902 524 0.00135494 524 100%
1903 504 0.001322141 504 100%
1904 554 0.001373037 554 100%
1905 614 0.00144838 614 100%
1906 619 0.001444739 619 100%
1907 672 0.00144395 667 5 99%
1908 766 0.001567587 766 100%
1909 841 0.001645071 841 100%
1910 896 0.001516816 896 100%
1911 960 0.00149004 960 100%
1912 1375 0.001391613 1375 100%
1913 1603 0.001409714 1603 100%
1914 2012 0.001420559 2007 5 100%
1915 2763 0.001507837 2757 6 100%
1916 3001 0.001551372 2995 6 100%
1917 3240 0.001614551 3229 11 99%
1918 3383 0.001558188 3373 10 99%
1919 3366 0.001595075 3353 13 99%
1920 3629 0.001603876 3624 5 100%
1921 3594 0.001539513 3587 7 100%
1922 3582 0.001564769 3582 100%
1923 3596 0.001561794 3596 100%
1924 3623 0.00152124 3612 11 99%
1925 3559 0.001525306 3551 8 100%
1926 3522 0.001534036 3512 10 99%
1927 3682 0.001587508 3676 6 100%
1928 3486 0.001541838 3475 11 99%
1929 3551 0.001619863 3537 14 99%
1930 3413 0.001535114 3406 7 100%
1931 3414 0.001622324 3403 11 99%
1932 3372 0.001597127 3363 9 99%
1933 3128 0.001564433 3114 14 99%
1934 3440 0.001656382 3434 6 100%
1935 3485 0.001667544 3470 15 99%
1936 3568 0.001717384 3555 13 99%
1937 3555 0.001668489 3537 18 99%
1938 3644 0.001646951 3625 19 99%
1939 3753 0.001703244 3739 14 99%
1940 4306 0.001869991 4291 15 99%
1941 4581 0.001880214 4564 17 99%
1942 5046 0.001847122 5022 24 99%
1943 5505 0.001950358 5482 23 99%
1944 4948 0.001839351 4928 20 99%
1945 4543 0.001712459 4529 14 99%
1946 4986 0.001560413 4970 16 99%
1947 5400 0.001499033 5386 14 99%
1948 5179 0.001500065 5164 15 99%
1949 5152 0.001478431 5142 10 100%
1950 4744 0.001354129 4736 8 100%
1951 4656 0.001263933 4649 7 100%
1952 4211 0.00110874 4204 7 100%
1953 3822 0.000991789 3814 8 100%
1954 3767 0.000946314 3760 7 100%
1955 3339 0.000831615 3327 12 99%
1956 3283 0.000796258 3274 9 99%
1957 3255 0.000774605 3250 5 100%
1958 3024 0.000731512 3015 9 99%
1959 2977 0.000715971 2969 8 99%
1960 2794 0.000672635 2781 13 99%
1961 2941 0.000709992 2934 7 100%
1962 2688 0.00066611 2678 10 99%
1963 2595 0.000655601 2595 100%
1964 2428 0.000624549 2422 6 100%
1965 2481 0.000684329 2471 10 99%
1966 2306 0.000663472 2301 5 100%
1967 2030 0.000597956 2021 9 99%
1968 2008 0.000594362 2002 6 99%
1969 2035 0.000585557 2027 8 99%
1970 1997 0.00055372 1991 6 99%
1971 1746 0.000508689 1746 100%
1972 1535 0.000488388 1535 100%
1973 1331 0.000441183 1331 100%
1974 1261 0.000414803 1251 10 98%
1975 1086 0.000359675 1081 5 99%
1976 957 0.000315394 957 100%
1977 940 0.000295924 940 100%
1978 829 0.000261195 829 100%
1979 853 0.000256387 853 100%
1980 853 0.000247641 848 5 99%
1981 833 0.000240795 833 100%
1982 794 0.000226342 794 100%
1983 834 0.000240808 834 100%
1984 796 0.000228162 790 6 98%
1985 950 0.000266173 945 5 99%
1986 860 0.000241771 860 100%
1987 827 0.000229365 827 100%
1988 863 0.000233556 863 100%
1989 903 0.000234884 894 9 98%
1990 964 0.000243898 964 100%
1991 982 0.000252101 982 100%
1992 964 0.000250958 964 100%
1993 943 0.000250114 943 100%
1994 942 0.000253386 942 100%
1995 999 0.00027279 999 100%
1996 946 0.000259377 946 100%
1997 954 0.000263118 954 100%
1998 997 0.000271056 997 100%
1999 1004 0.000271802 1004 100%
2000 1105 0.000292335 1105 100%
2001 1379 0.000368383 1379 100%
2002 1604 0.000429073 1604 100%
2003 1763 0.000463664 1763 100%
2004 1994 0.000521863 1994 100%
2005 2451 0.000637477 2446 5 100%
2006 2781 0.000702949 2781 100%
2007 3330 0.000832982 3330 100%
2008 3671 0.000933939 3671 100%
2009 4191 0.00109707 4191 100%
2010 5363 0.001451131 5358 5 100%
2011 6430 0.001757891 6430 100%
2012 7487 0.002047101 7482 5 100%
2013 9322 0.002557008 9311 11 100%
2014 10127 0.002732319 10120 7 100%
2015 11425 0.003087077 11415 10 100%
2016 13127 0.003578109 13117 10 100%
2017 12972 0.003627319 12965 7 100%
2018 13044 0.003710006 13036 8 100%
2019 13252 0.003817994 13236 16 100%
2020 13104 0.003922676 13097 7 100%
2021 13375 0.003947816 13362 13 100%
2022 12954 0.003828993 12944 10 100%
2023 12642 0.003817956 12628 14 100%
2024 12564 0.003774672 12552 12 100%