Carlotta
Carlotta is a Danish, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swedish feminine given name and a feminine form of Carlos and Carlo. Notable people with this name include the following:
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Carlotta
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Carlotta is a Danish, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swedish feminine given name and a feminine form of Carlos and Carlo. Notable people with this name include the following:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Carlotta
Carlotta first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1948: 255 births, good for #515 nationwide. The 1950s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 20% of all recorded Carlottas. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #3,177 among baby girl names with 50 births, rising sharply (+89% over the past five years). In total, more than 7K Carlottas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Carlotta
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About the name Carlotta
Carlotta is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 7K births in the dataset. Carlotta's peak popularity came in 1948 when it ranked #515. Use the chart and map above to compare Carlotta's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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