Lottie

What Lottie means

Form of Charles, meaning “free man”

diminutive of the female given name Charlotte || From French Charles, from Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from and also reinfluenced by Frankish and Old High German Karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz (“free man”); compare the English word churl and the German Kerl.

Source: Wiktionary, “Lottie” (revision 91558709) and “Charles” (revision 94594314), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Lottie?

US: Rising: up from #2340 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #78 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1883, when 372 girls got the name (#76 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,820 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 207 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 154 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (7.4 per 1,000 girls), UT (1.7 per 1,000 girls), SD (1.64 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Lottie is #527 in the US and #31 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Lottie were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Lettie358 US · 49 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Lottie

Girls

• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Rosemary#251“dew of the sea”^*
• Rosie#283Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #775 in 2015, #283 in 2025
• Ruth#173Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 26,102 babies; 1,781 in 2025
• Wrenley#158Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #158 vs #1,454 in 2025
• Mabel#201“lovable”^*

For a brother

• Leon#138“lion”^*
• Beau#60Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #203 in 2015, #60 in 2025
• Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
• Rory#199“red-haired king”^*
• Nico#174Diminutive of Nicholas, meaning “victory + people”^*
• Stetson#136“site in the Parish of South Brent”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Lottie’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.