Carlota
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Meaning
“Spanish and Portuguese form of Charlotte, from Charles (Germanic karl, 'man'); famously borne by Empress Carlota of Mexico, consort of Maximilian I”
The story
Carlota is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Charlotte, the feminine of Charles, whose Germanic root karl means simply man. History remembers one bearer above all: Empress Carlota of Mexico, born a Belgian princess, who crossed the Atlantic in 1864 when her husband Maximilian accepted the Mexican crown. The empire lasted barely three years; as it collapsed she sailed back to Europe to beg Napoleon III and the Pope for help, her mind gave way under the strain, and after Maximilian was executed in 1867 she lived on in seclusion for sixty more years, one of the nineteenth century's most haunting royal stories. The name itself has fared far more happily and is widely used in Spain today. American records show it only faintly and only recently, which leaves it feeling fresh here, familiar in shape yet almost never shared.
How popular is Carlota around the world?
In the United States, 322 babies were named Carlota between 2020 and 2025. In Spain, 33,331 residents are named Carlota, the 131st most common name among women, with a mean age of 19.4 years.
Carlota is on the official records of the United States, Spain, Mexico City, Chile, Argentina, Austria, Brazil and England and Wales.
United States
1 in 68,000
In the United States, 322 babies were named Carlota between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Carlota peaked in the 2020s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Spain
#36 · 2024
In Spain, 33,331 residents are named Carlota, the 131st most common name among women, with a mean age of 19.4 years.
In Spain, Carlota was the 36th most common name among girls born in 2024.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Mexico City City
1 in 2,800
In Mexico City, there were 42 registrations of Carlota in 2022.
share of that year’s registrations in the city
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (2 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Chile
1 in 5,200
In Chile, 34 girls were registered as Carlota in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
share of that year’s name registrations
First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021
Argentina
1 in 74,000
In Argentina, 9 newborns were given the name Carlota in 2024.
share of that year’s name registrations
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Austria
1 in 76,000
In Austria, 1 girl named Carlota was born in 2025, ranked 1,875th among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
Brazil
1 in 83,000
At the 2022 census, 2,527 people in Brazil were named Carlota, ranked 4,391st, with a median age of 67.
Among people named Carlota living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1940s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
England and Wales
1 in 98,000
In England and Wales, 6 girls named Carlota were born in 2025, ranked 3,705th among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Montevideo City
last on record 2004
Carlota is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.
Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial
Poland
last on record 2015
Carlota is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)
South Australia
last on record 2014
Carlota is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Not on the record in Puerto Rico, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and Scotland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Carlota
People given the name Carlota in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1960 to 2025. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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