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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 0.001341354 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 0.001549383 464 100%
1889 455 0.001574689 455 100%
1890 417 0.001383539 417 100%
1891 387 0.001349975 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 0.001491657 569 100%
1899 496 0.001462118 496 100%
1900 602 0.001337008 602 100%
1901 503 0.001454548 503 100%
1902 524 0.00135494 524 100%
1903 504 0.001322134 504 100%
1904 554 0.001373037 554 100%
1905 614 0.001448373 614 100%
1906 619 0.001444739 619 100%
1907 672 0.001443947 667 5 99%
1908 766 0.001567584 766 100%
1909 841 0.001645071 841 100%
1910 896 0.001516816 896 100%
1911 960 0.00149004 960 100%
1912 1375 0.001391614 1375 100%
1913 1603 0.001409713 1603 100%
1914 2012 0.001420557 2007 5 100%
1915 2763 0.001507834 2757 6 100%
1916 3001 0.001551373 2995 6 100%
1917 3240 0.001614551 3229 11 99%
1918 3383 0.001558188 3373 10 99%
1919 3366 0.001595074 3353 13 99%
1920 3629 0.001603876 3624 5 100%
1921 3594 0.001539514 3587 7 100%
1922 3582 0.00156477 3582 100%
1923 3596 0.001561792 3596 100%
1924 3623 0.001521238 3612 11 99%
1925 3559 0.001525304 3551 8 100%
1926 3522 0.001534041 3512 10 99%
1927 3682 0.001587506 3676 6 100%
1928 3486 0.001541848 3475 11 99%
1929 3551 0.001619869 3537 14 99%
1930 3413 0.001535114 3406 7 100%
1931 3414 0.001622341 3403 11 99%
1932 3372 0.001597137 3363 9 99%
1933 3128 0.001564444 3114 14 99%
1934 3440 0.001656393 3434 6 100%
1935 3485 0.001667566 3470 15 99%
1936 3568 0.001717398 3555 13 99%
1937 3555 0.001668519 3537 18 99%
1938 3644 0.001646952 3625 19 99%
1939 3753 0.001703258 3739 14 99%
1940 4305 0.001869596 4290 15 99%
1941 4581 0.00188025 4564 17 99%
1942 5046 0.001847162 5022 24 99%
1943 5506 0.001950714 5483 23 99%
1944 4947 0.001838995 4927 20 99%
1945 4543 0.001712486 4529 14 99%
1946 4986 0.001560429 4970 16 99%
1947 5400 0.001499059 5386 14 99%
1948 5179 0.00150007 5164 15 99%
1949 5153 0.001478733 5143 10 100%
1950 4743 0.00135384 4735 8 100%
1951 4656 0.001263939 4649 7 100%
1952 4211 0.00110874 4204 7 100%
1953 3822 0.000991797 3814 8 100%
1954 3767 0.00094632 3760 7 100%
1955 3339 0.000831625 3327 12 99%
1956 3283 0.000796258 3274 9 99%
1957 3256 0.000774858 3251 5 100%
1958 3023 0.000731209 3014 9 99%
1959 2978 0.00071643 2970 8 99%
1960 2793 0.000672377 2780 13 99%
1961 2942 0.000710293 2935 7 100%
1962 2688 0.000666201 2678 10 99%
1963 2595 0.000655579 2595 100%
1964 2428 0.000624556 2422 6 100%
1965 2481 0.000684323 2471 10 99%
1966 2306 0.000663488 2301 5 100%
1967 2030 0.000597959 2021 9 99%
1968 2009 0.000594667 2003 6 99%
1969 2034 0.000585265 2026 8 99%
1970 1998 0.000553999 1992 6 99%
1971 1745 0.000508408 1745 100%
1972 1535 0.000488384 1535 100%
1973 1330 0.000440857 1330 100%
1974 1261 0.000414803 1251 10 98%
1975 1086 0.000359677 1081 5 99%
1976 957 0.000315393 957 100%
1977 940 0.000295931 940 100%
1978 829 0.000261199 829 100%
1979 853 0.00025639 853 100%
1980 853 0.000247642 848 5 99%
1981 833 0.000240798 833 100%
1982 794 0.000226344 794 100%
1983 834 0.000240812 834 100%
1984 796 0.000228168 790 6 98%
1985 950 0.000266183 945 5 99%
1986 860 0.00024178 860 100%
1987 826 0.000229095 826 100%
1988 862 0.000233297 862 100%
1989 903 0.000234891 894 9 98%
1990 964 0.000243912 964 100%
1991 982 0.000252112 982 100%
1992 963 0.000250711 963 100%
1993 943 0.000250124 943 100%
1994 942 0.000253397 942 100%
1995 999 0.0002728 999 100%
1996 946 0.000259388 946 100%
1997 954 0.000263127 954 100%
1998 997 0.000271065 997 100%
1999 1004 0.000271811 1004 100%
2000 1104 0.00029208 1104 100%
2001 1379 0.000368395 1379 100%
2002 1604 0.000429091 1604 100%
2003 1763 0.000463701 1763 100%
2004 1994 0.000521903 1994 100%
2005 2451 0.000637526 2446 5 100%
2006 2781 0.000703019 2781 100%
2007 3330 0.000833071 3330 100%
2008 3671 0.000934073 3671 100%
2009 4191 0.001097266 4191 100%
2010 5362 0.001451093 5357 5 100%
2011 6430 0.001758198 6430 100%
2012 7485 0.002046957 7480 5 100%
2013 9320 0.002557066 9309 11 100%
2014 10127 0.002733026 10120 7 100%
2015 11422 0.003087153 11412 10 100%
2016 13127 0.003579256 13117 10 100%
2017 12970 0.003628259 12963 7 100%
2018 13039 0.003710428 13031 8 100%
2019 13246 0.003818622 13230 16 100%
2020 13099 0.003924388 13092 7 100%
2021 13365 0.003948667 13352 13 100%
2022 12946 0.003831752 12936 10 100%
2023 12610 0.003824404 12596 14 100%