Lottie
Lottie is an English feminine given name that is a diminutive form of Charlotte, Lieselotte, or Ottilie. It is an alternate form of Lotte, and that is also related to Lisa, Elisa and Elisabeth. Notable people with the name include the following:
Meaning & Origin of Lottie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lottie is an English feminine given name that is a diminutive form of Charlotte, Lieselotte, or Ottilie. It is an alternate form of Lotte, and that is also related to Lisa, Elisa and Elisabeth. Notable people with the name include the following:
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The Story of Lottie
Lottie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 245 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1916, when 1,389 Lotties were born — ranking #143 that year. As of 2026, Lottie ranks #619 for baby girls with 483 births, rising sharply (+191% over the past five years). In total, more than 49K Lotties have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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About the name Lottie
Lottie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 49K births in the dataset. Lottie's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #75. Use the chart and map above to compare Lottie'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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