Thirty years of Charlotte
Charlotte in numbers
Charlotte peaked in 1996 with 5,866 girls and has fallen since, to 1,339 in 2025. Its biggest three-year fall came between 2000 and 2003, from 4,778 to 3,819. It ranked 7th in 1996, reached 5th in 2000 and ranks 25th now. On average it was given to 5,448 girls a year in the late 1990s, 3,660 in the 2000s, 2,267 in the 2010s and 1,502 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
What the official statisticians said
“The birth of the Wales' second child Charlotte in 2015 caused the name to climb”
ONS, on 2021 births in England and Wales. Read the source
Quoted word for word from the official releases, including their own “may” and “could”. Baby Data has not added reasons of its own. Releases for Scotland and Northern Ireland are about babies there, not in England and Wales.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-6%1,418 to 1,339
- 5 years-23%1,732 to 1,339
- 10 years-31%1,951 to 1,339
- 20 years-62%3,499 to 1,339
- Since 1996-77%5,866 to 1,339
- Total, 1996 to 202590,072girls
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 25 · ONS · 1,418 in 2024
Rank 14 · NRS · 191 in 2024
Rank 15 · NISRA · 95 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | 1,339 | -6% | 1 in 213 |
| 2024 | 23 | 1,418 | +3% | 1 in 204 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1,373 | -8% | 1 in 210 |
| 2022 | 26 | 1,496 | -10% | 1 in 197 |
| 2021 | 25 | 1,654 | -5% | 1 in 184 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,732 | -14% | 1 in 173 |
| 2019 | 18 | 2,015 | -8% | 1 in 154 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,202 | -8% | 1 in 145 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,394 | -8% | 1 in 138 |
| 2016 | 12 | 2,596 | +33% | 1 in 131 |
| 2015 | 25 | 1,951 | -3% | 1 in 174 |
| 2014 | 23 | 2,018 | -10% | 1 in 168 |
| 2013 * | 21 | 2,242 | -2% | 1 in 152 |
| 2012 | 20 | 2,290 | -4% | 1 in 155 |
| 2011 | 21 | 2,390 | -7% | 1 in 148 |
| 2010 | 20 | 2,572 | -7% | 1 in 137 |
| 2009 | 14 | 2,778 | -5% | 1 in 124 |
| 2008 | 13 | 2,939 | -4% | 1 in 118 |
| 2007 | 12 | 3,055 | -6% | 1 in 110 |
| 2006 | 12 | 3,233 | -8% | 1 in 101 |
| 2005 | 9 | 3,499 | -8% | 1 in 90 |
| 2004 | 8 | 3,811 | -0% | 1 in 82 |
| 2003 | 9 | 3,819 | -9% | 1 in 79 |
| 2002 | 7 | 4,208 | -6% | 1 in 69 |
| 2001 | 6 | 4,479 | -6% | 1 in 65 |
| 2000 | 5 | 4,778 | -4% | 1 in 62 |
| 1999 | 6 | 4,964 | -9% | 1 in 61 |
| 1998 | 6 | 5,430 | -2% | n/a |
| 1997 | 7 | 5,531 | -6% | 1 in 57 |
| 1996 | 7 | 5,866 | 1 in 54 |
* ONS’s girls’ 2013 file repeats the May total as April, so the 2013 births total is about 1,360 too high and 1 in X for 2013 is slightly too high. 1 in X is not shown for girls in 1998: one monthly total is missing from the ONS girls’ 1998 file. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
Compare Charlotte
Draws the second name on the chart above, on a shared scale.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate
Charlotte is in our lists: Royal baby names.