Charolette
Feminine · “free man”
Charolette is a spelling of Charlotte, the French feminine diminutive of Charles — and Charles is a Germanic word that named the free man of the ordinary rank.
How old is the name Charolette?
Charolette first appears in US birth records in 1914 — 111 years ago. The typical Charolette alive today was born around 1958, making them about 67 years old. About 2,700 people named Charolette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Charolette most popular?
Charolette peaked in 1943, reaching #816 nationally. Today it ranks #3577, 2,761 places below that high. See the whole 1943 chart.
Where it comes from
From karl to Charolette
The story of Charolette
Charlotte came into English use in the seventeenth century and was fixed by two queens of that name in the eighteenth. It has never really left. American spelling has produced Charlotte, Charlette and Charolette, the last inserting an o that matches how many Americans actually say the name — three syllables rather than two. It was widely used in mid-century American records.
Meaning
free man
From Germanic karl, a free man; French made Charles, then the feminine Charlot and the further diminutive Charlotte — so the name is a small feminine of a small masculine of a very old word.
How the name formed
- karl
- Charles
- Charlotte
- Charolette
Related forms: Charlotte · Carlotta · Carlota · Charlotte
Pronouncing Charolette
SHAR-uh-let
Three syllables, first stressed. Charlotte is usually two, SHAR-lot, and this spelling settles it at three.
Nicknames for Charolette
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
- 1914
- Most girls named
- 194390 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #816reached in 1943
- Change vs 2023
- 0.0%42 in 2025, from 42
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.
Charolette in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Charlotte in English — spelling variant
- Carlotta in Italian — same name
- Carlota in Spanish — same name
- Charlotte in German — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Illinois, California.
Charolettes among us
people named Charolette are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 38,268 born in 2025 was named Charolette
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 Isobel test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Charolette's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Isobel climbed just as high around 1916, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Isobel's path sketches the road Charolette is walking now.
Charolette 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 Charolette is headed
Charolette should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Charolette beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Charolette in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning inherited from one of the longest-running names in Europe.
- Charlie and Lottie are both complete short forms with their own histories.
- The spelling matches a real American pronunciation that Charlotte does not show.
- Charlotte is overwhelmingly the standard spelling and will be written for her constantly.
- Ten letters is a great deal for early handwriting.
- It is strongly associated with one mid-century American generation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Charolettes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,700 people named Charolette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Charolette in 2025?
- Charolette ranks #3577 among US girl names in 2025, with 42 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Charolette?
- About 1 in every 38,268 US girls born in 2025 was named Charolette — 42 in all.
- Will my child share the name Charolette with classmates?
- Charolette will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Charolette
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