girls' name ★ peaked 1916

Lottie

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #528 Trend ↑ Rising 273%

Lottie is an English feminine given name that is a diminutive form of Charlotte, Lieselotte, or Ottilie.

Rank 2025
#528
among girls · ↑148 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
570
named Lottie · +34% vs 2024
How common
1 in 2,820
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1916
1,397 babies
All-time total
48,485
#602 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Lottie popularity over time

48,485 babies have been named Lottie since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
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By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 3,888 6 3,894 389 – #75
1890s 5,499 5 5,504 550 +41% #87
1900s 5,482 10 5,492 549 0% #97
1910s 10,650 48 10,698 1,070 +95% #127
1920s 9,340 35 9,375 938 -12% #177
1930s 4,237 18 4,255 426 -55% #267
1940s 2,799 11 2,810 281 -34% #361
1950s 1,680 – 1,680 168 -40% #574
1960s 859 – 859 86 -49% #1,008
1970s 423 – 423 42 -51% #1,568
1980s 294 – 294 29 -30% #2,561
1990s 219 – 219 22 -26% #3,768
2000s 228 – 228 23 +4% #4,485
2010s 749 – 749 75 +229% #1,637
2020s (to 2025) 2,005 – 2,005 334 +346% #528

Where Lottie is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 706 0.44 #438
2027 848 0.53 #360
2028 990 0.62 #307
2029 1,129 0.70 #276
2030 1,263 0.79 #246

Where Lottie is most popular

Girls named Lottie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.230 per 1,000. Strongest in Wyoming, Utah, and Mississippi.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Lottie born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Wyoming 6 1.41 +511%
Utah 110 1.32 +474%
Mississippi 41 0.876 +280%
Alabama 78 0.831 +261%
Tennessee 110 0.694 +201%
Oklahoma 50 0.679 +195%
Kentucky 52 0.608 +164%
Arkansas 32 0.605 +163%
Louisiana 45 0.514 +123%
Iowa 30 0.513 +123%
Minnesota 55 0.510 +121%
Indiana 61 0.435 +89%
Missouri 50 0.415 +80%
Kansas 23 0.399 +73%
Georgia 86 0.379 +64%
Nebraska 13 0.362 +57%
South Dakota 5 0.350 +52%
Wisconsin 35 0.340 +48%
North Carolina 77 0.338 +47%
Michigan 56 0.307 +33%
South Carolina 25 0.278 +21%
Washington 38 0.263 +14%
Ohio 59 0.249 +8%
Idaho 8 0.239 ≈ national
Oregon 15 0.230 ≈ national
Texas 173 0.215 -7%
Illinois 48 0.210 -9%
Pennsylvania 48 0.203 -12%
West Virginia 5 0.191 -17%
Colorado 21 0.188 -18%
Arizona 22 0.157 -32%
Virginia 23 0.135 -41%
New York 51 0.129 -44%
Florida 55 0.129 -44%
Connecticut 5 0.086 -63%
California 62 0.074 -68%
Massachusetts 6 0.050 -78%
Alaska – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Maryland – – –
Maine – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Jersey – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
Rhode Island – – –
Vermont – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Lottie

Lottie is uncommon for girls in the United States, ranked #528 in 2025 with 570 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 48,485 American babies have been named Lottie. Its peak came in 1916, when 1,397 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1910s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Lottie stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Lottie?

The median living Lottie is about 65 years old; half are between 8 and 81. An estimated 9,200 people named Lottie are alive in the United States today.

median 65 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Lottie year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 570 #528 – –
2024 424 #676 – –
2023 363 #776 – –
2022 285 #951 – –
2021 227 #1,093 – –
2020 136 #1,557 – –
2019 130 #1,637 – –
2018 110 #1,847 – –
2017 84 #2,248 – –
2016 101 #1,980 – –
2015 79 #2,347 – –
2014 68 #2,603 – –
2013 48 #3,350 – –
2012 59 #2,923 – –
2011 38 #3,975 – –
2010 32 #4,556 – –
2009 33 #4,542 – –
2008 31 #4,833 – –
2007 22 #6,229 – –
2006 19 #6,733 – –
2005 19 #6,432 – –
2004 22 #5,673 – –
2003 29 #4,485 – –
2002 22 #5,374 – –
2001 18 #6,214 – –
2000 13 #7,843 – –
1995 20 #4,946 – –
1990 28 #3,768 – –
1985 25 #3,473 – –
1980 37 #2,567 – –
1975 34 #2,386 – –
1970 56 #1,671 – –
1965 81 #1,196 – –
1960 114 #1,008 – –
1955 148 #793 – –
1950 211 #574 – –
1945 256 #444 – –
1940 327 #361 – –
1935 393 #316 – –
1930 556 #267 5 #4,332
1925 851 #220 5 #4,630
1920 1,240 #177 – –
1915 1,237 #153 6 #3,666
1910 634 #127 5 #1,751
1905 547 #116 – –
1900 690 #97 – –
1895 553 #95 – –
1890 502 #88 – –
1885 393 #80 – –
1880 245 #88 – –

Famous people named Lottie

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Lottie Dod Lottie Dod English tennis player (1871–1960) 19th century

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Lottie, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Lottie?

The median living Lottie is about 65 years old. Half of all living Lotties are between 8 and 81 years old.

How many people named Lottie are alive today?

An estimated 9,200 people named Lottie are alive in the United States, based on 48,485 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Lottie mean?

Lottie is an English feminine given name that is a diminutive form of Charlotte, Lieselotte, or Ottilie.

How popular is the name Lottie in 2025?

Lottie ranked #528 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 570 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Lottie?

48,485 babies have been named Lottie in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Lottie most popular?

Lottie peaked in 1916, when 1,397 newborns received the name.

Is Lottie a boy or girl name?

Lottie is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Lottie rising or falling?

Lottie is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Lottie become more popular?

Lottie is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 1,263 girls named Lottie in 2030, which would rank around #246. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Lottie?

Well-known people named Lottie include Lottie Dod (tennis player).

Names like Lottie

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