Charlette
Feminine · “free man”
Charlette respells Charlotte, a French feminine diminutive of Charles — and the Germanic karl means a free man.
How old is the name Charlette?
Charlette first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Charlette alive today was born around 1972, making them about 53 years old. About 3,800 people named Charlette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Charlette most popular?
Charlette peaked in 1949, reaching #1088 nationally. Today it ranks #2458, 1,370 places below that high. See the whole 1949 chart.
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Where it comes from
From karl to Charlette
The story of Charlette
Karl meant an ordinary free man rather than a noble, and English 'churl' descends from it with contempt added — yet Charlemagne was so dominant that Slavic languages took his name as their word for a king. Charlotte is the French feminine. Charlette is a modern respelling and is in current American use.
Meaning
free man
Through Charlotte, a French feminine diminutive of Charles, from the Germanic karl, 'free man' — the word that also gives 'churl' and, through Charlemagne, the Slavic word for a king. The formation is documented and the element settled.
How the name formed
- karl
- Charles
- Charlotte
- Charlette
Related forms: Charlotte · Charlotte · Charlotte
Pronouncing Charlette
SHAR-let
Two syllables, stress on the first. Charlette and Charlotte are said nearly identically.
Nicknames for Charlette
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1915
- Most girls named
- 197084 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1088reached in 1949
- Change vs 2023
- +22.0%72 in 2025, from 59
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Charlette in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Charlotte in English — spelling variant
- Charlotte in French — spelling variant
- Charlotte in German — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Michigan.
Charlettes among us
people named Charlette are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 22,323 born in 2025 was named Charlette
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Dorothe test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Charlette's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Dorothe climbed just as high around 1922, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Dorothe's path sketches the road Charlette is walking now.
Charlette sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Charlette is headed
Charlette should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Charlette beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Charlette in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That Charlemagne's name became the Slavic word for a king is a first-rate fact.
- Charlie and Lettie are two short forms, both with real records.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- Charlotte is overwhelmingly the standard spelling.
- The respelling will be corrected by other people constantly.
- The literal meaning is 'free man'.
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Frequently asked
- How many Charlettes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,800 people named Charlette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Charlette in 2025?
- Charlette ranks #2458 among US girl names in 2025, with 72 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Charlette?
- About 1 in every 22,323 US girls born in 2025 was named Charlette — 72 in all.
- Will my child share the name Charlette with classmates?
- Charlette will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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