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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 0.001178058 227 100%
1882 257 0.001160098 257 100%
1883 291 0.001341354 291 100%
1884 344 0.001412957 344 100%
1885 317 0.00131615 317 100%
1886 368 0.001441345 368 100%
1887 351 0.001418795 351 100%
1888 464 0.001549388 464 100%
1889 455 0.001574689 455 100%
1890 417 0.001383539 417 100%
1891 387 0.00134998 387 100%
1892 486 0.001453462 486 100%
1893 476 0.001463611 476 100%
1894 484 0.001429035 484 100%
1895 472 0.001344649 472 100%
1896 492 0.001376285 492 100%
1897 492 0.001418043 492 100%
1898 569 0.001491653 569 100%
1899 496 0.001462122 496 100%
1900 602 0.001337002 602 100%
1901 503 0.001454548 503 100%
1902 524 0.001354943 524 100%
1903 504 0.001322134 504 100%
1904 554 0.001373037 554 100%
1905 614 0.001448369 614 100%
1906 619 0.001444739 619 100%
1907 672 0.001443944 667 5 99%
1908 766 0.001567578 766 100%
1909 841 0.001645071 841 100%
1910 896 0.001516814 896 100%
1911 960 0.001490038 960 100%
1912 1375 0.001391616 1375 100%
1913 1603 0.001409713 1603 100%
1914 2012 0.001420557 2007 5 100%
1915 2763 0.001507834 2757 6 100%
1916 3001 0.001551371 2995 6 100%
1917 3240 0.001614547 3229 11 99%
1918 3383 0.001558189 3373 10 99%
1919 3366 0.001595071 3353 13 99%
1920 3629 0.001603872 3624 5 100%
1921 3594 0.001539513 3587 7 100%
1922 3582 0.001564772 3582 100%
1923 3596 0.001561785 3596 100%
1924 3623 0.001521233 3612 11 99%
1925 3559 0.001525294 3551 8 100%
1926 3522 0.001534042 3512 10 99%
1927 3682 0.00158751 3676 6 100%
1928 3486 0.001541863 3475 11 99%
1929 3551 0.001619857 3537 14 99%
1930 3413 0.001535119 3406 7 100%
1931 3414 0.001622355 3403 11 99%
1932 3372 0.001597148 3363 9 99%
1933 3128 0.001564463 3114 14 99%
1934 3440 0.001656422 3434 6 100%
1935 3485 0.001667609 3470 15 99%
1936 3568 0.001717428 3555 13 99%
1937 3555 0.001668525 3537 18 99%
1938 3644 0.001646959 3625 19 99%
1939 3753 0.001703273 3739 14 99%
1940 4305 0.001869626 4290 15 99%
1941 4581 0.001880279 4564 17 99%
1942 5046 0.001847184 5022 24 99%
1943 5505 0.001950394 5482 23 99%
1944 4948 0.0018394 4928 20 99%
1945 4543 0.001712498 4529 14 99%
1946 4986 0.001560442 4970 16 99%
1947 5400 0.001499075 5386 14 99%
1948 5179 0.001500081 5164 15 99%
1949 5153 0.001478744 5143 10 100%
1950 4743 0.001353826 4735 8 100%
1951 4656 0.001263924 4649 7 100%
1952 4211 0.001108731 4204 7 100%
1953 3822 0.000991798 3814 8 100%
1954 3767 0.000946314 3760 7 100%
1955 3340 0.000831866 3328 12 99%
1956 3282 0.000796006 3273 9 99%
1957 3256 0.000774778 3251 5 100%
1958 3023 0.000731471 3014 9 99%
1959 2978 0.00071643 2970 8 99%
1960 2792 0.000672076 2779 13 99%
1961 2942 0.000710469 2935 7 100%
1962 2691 0.000666907 2681 10 99%
1963 2594 0.000655284 2594 100%
1964 2428 0.000624538 2422 6 100%
1965 2482 0.000684572 2472 10 99%
1966 2306 0.000663477 2301 5 100%
1967 2030 0.000597936 2021 9 99%
1968 2009 0.000594633 2003 6 99%
1969 2034 0.000585215 2026 8 99%
1970 1997 0.000553672 1991 6 99%
1971 1746 0.00050867 1746 100%
1972 1535 0.000488337 1535 100%
1973 1330 0.000440818 1330 100%
1974 1261 0.000414775 1251 10 98%
1975 1085 0.000359304 1080 5 99%
1976 957 0.000315359 957 100%
1977 940 0.000295904 940 100%
1978 829 0.000261169 829 100%
1979 853 0.000256363 853 100%
1980 854 0.000247907 849 5 99%
1981 833 0.00024078 833 100%
1982 794 0.000226328 794 100%
1983 834 0.000240801 834 100%
1984 795 0.000227876 789 6 98%
1985 950 0.00026618 945 5 99%
1986 860 0.00024178 860 100%
1987 826 0.000229098 826 100%
1988 862 0.000233303 862 100%
1989 902 0.000234633 893 9 98%
1990 964 0.000243921 964 100%
1991 983 0.000252376 983 100%
1992 963 0.000250718 963 100%
1993 943 0.000250134 943 100%
1994 942 0.000253406 942 100%
1995 999 0.00027281 999 100%
1996 946 0.000259397 946 100%
1997 954 0.000263134 954 100%
1998 997 0.000271073 997 100%
1999 1002 0.000271279 1002 100%
2000 1104 0.000292093 1104 100%
2001 1379 0.000368412 1379 100%
2002 1604 0.00042913 1604 100%
2003 1763 0.000463733 1763 100%
2004 1994 0.00052194 1994 100%
2005 2450 0.000637329 2445 5 100%
2006 2780 0.000702851 2780 100%
2007 3329 0.000832948 3329 100%
2008 3670 0.000933978 3670 100%
2009 4191 0.001097459 4191 100%
2010 5362 0.001451375 5357 5 100%
2011 6430 0.001758604 6430 100%
2012 7484 0.002047207 7479 5 100%
2013 9319 0.002557599 9308 11 100%
2014 10126 0.002733664 10119 7 100%
2015 11418 0.003087291 11408 10 100%
2016 13119 0.003578696 13109 10 100%
2017 12966 0.003629129 12959 7 100%
2018 13032 0.00371097 13024 8 100%
2019 13232 0.003817854 13216 16 100%
2020 13090 0.003926237 13083 7 100%
2021 13349 0.003949744 13336 13 100%
2022 12901 0.003837418 12891 10 100%