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Baby name
Charlotte
Girl
Origin of the name
Charlotte is formed on Charles with a French feminine diminutive ending. It goes back to the Germanic Karl, “free man.”
Classic name
453,433births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 2rank at its peak, in 2025
Where babies named Charlotte are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Charlotte is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Charlotte is most common in New Hampshire (1.6 times), Delaware (1.6) and Vermont (1.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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