Lottie
Lottie was the 528th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 570 babies. Its best year was 1886, when it ranked 75th; the most babies were born in 1916 (1,389). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,819 places. More babies were named Lottie in the 1910s than in any other decade.
Meaning pet form of Charlotte · English, French, Germanic
Say it LAH-tee /ˈlɑti/
- Rank in 2025
- #528 girls, up 1,029 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 570girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19161,389 babies
- Total since 1880
- 48,485babies recorded
What does the name Lottie mean?
Lottie is a pet form of Charlotte, made by adding -ie to a short form, as Wiktionary notes. Charlotte is a French feminine diminutive of Charles, according to Wiktionary, and DMNES explains Charles as a Germanic word for man or free man. Wiktionary dates English Charlotte to the 17th century. Lottie has been used in the US since 1880 and was most common in the 1910s.
karl (Old High German, “man, free man”)
How sure is this? Probable.
Related names: Charlotte, Lotte, Lotta, Charlie.
See also: Germanic names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Lottie' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Charlotte' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Charles', DMNES (Durham University)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Lottie popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 133 since 1888.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #528 | 570 |
| 2020 | #1,557 | 136 |
| 2010 | #4,556 | 32 |
| 2000 | #7,843 | 13 |
| 1990 | #3,768 | 28 |
| 1980 | #2,567 | 37 |
| 1970 | #1,671 | 56 |
| 1960 | #1,008 | 114 |
| 1950 | #574 | 211 |
| 1940 | #361 | 327 |
| 1930 | #267 | 556 |
| 1920 | #177 | 1,240 |
| 1910 | #127 | 634 |
| 1900 | #97 | 690 |
| 1890 | #88 | 502 |
| 1880 | #88 | 245 |
How popular is Lottie, counting every spelling?
Lottie is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #522 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #528 for Lottie on its own. Together these spellings went to 581 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lottie | 570 | #528 | 1,869 |
| Lotti | 11 | #9,227 | 50 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Lottie?
570 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lottie (0.16 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Lottie born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 15 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lottie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lottie?
About 8,400 people born in the US named Lottie are alive today, with a median age of 62; half are between 7 and 79. That makes Lottie a name most people associate with older generations. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Lottie by state
How common Lottie was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Utah (5.7×), Mississippi (3.8×), Alabama (3.6×), Tennessee (3.0×), Oklahoma (3.0×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Massachusetts, California, Connecticut.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Lottie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lottie, they share its era and feel.
Lottie is also a nickname for Charlotte.
Questions about the name Lottie
What does Lottie mean?
Lottie means “pet form of Charlotte” (English, French, Germanic origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Lottie?
Lottie was the 528th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 570 babies. Its best year was 1886, when it ranked 75th; the most babies were born in 1916 (1,389). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,819 places. More babies were named Lottie in the 1910s than in any other decade.
Is Lottie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Lottie in the US.
Where is Lottie most popular?
In 2021–2025, Lottie was most common in Wyoming (1.41 per 1,000 girls), followed by Utah and Mississippi.