Sharlotte
Feminine · “free man”
Sharlotte writes Charlotte as English speakers say it, and the name descends from a Germanic word for a free man by way of two French diminutives.
How old is the name Sharlotte?
Sharlotte first appears in US birth records in 1930 — 95 years ago. The typical Sharlotte alive today was born around 1970, making them about 55 years old. About 1,000 people named Sharlotte are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sharlotte most popular?
Sharlotte peaked in 1948, reaching #1858 nationally. Today it ranks #4172, 2,314 places below that high. See the whole 1948 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Sharlotte
Ours, offered as ours. Charlotte's ch is a French convention that English kept while abandoning the French sound halfway — French says it as sh, English says it as sh too, but only because we borrowed the whole word rather than the letters. Sharlotte simply writes what everyone says. Underneath, the name is a diminutive of a diminutive of the Germanic word for a common free man, which for a name borne by so many queens is quietly funny.
Meaning
free man
From Germanic karl, a free man as against a noble; French made Charles, then the diminutive Charlot, then the feminine Charlotte. The name is therefore a double diminutive of a word meaning an ordinary man.
Pronouncing Sharlotte
SHAR-lut
Two syllables, first stressed. Sharlotte and Charlotte are said identically.
Nicknames for Sharlotte
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
- 1930
- Most girls named
- 202534 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1858reached in 1948
- Change vs 2023
- +78.9%34 in 2025, from 19
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.
Sharlotte in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Charlotte in English — spelling variant
- Charlotte in German — same name
- Carlotta in Italian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Texas, California.
Sharlottes among us
people named Sharlotte are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 47,273 born in 2025 was named Sharlotte
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 Yasuko test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Sharlotte's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Yasuko climbed just as high around 1919, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Yasuko's path sketches the road Sharlotte is walking now.
Sharlotte 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 Sharlotte is headed
Sharlotte looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 18% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
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.
Sharlotte beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Sharlotte in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Germanic meaning with a very deep European record.
- Lottie and Char are both warm short forms in current use.
- The spelling matches the sound exactly, which the standard form does not.
- Charlotte is the standard spelling and will be written for her constantly.
- Charlotte is very widely used now, so a classroom may hold more than one.
- The sh spelling reads as a respelling to most people.
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Frequently asked
- How many Sharlottes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Sharlotte are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sharlotte in 2025?
- Sharlotte ranks #4172 among US girl names in 2025, with 34 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Sharlotte?
- About 1 in every 47,273 US girls born in 2025 was named Sharlotte — 34 in all.
- Will my child share the name Sharlotte with classmates?
- Sharlotte will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Sharlotte
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