Carlota comes from the Germanic / Spanish tradition, meaning Free woman, strong, feminine.
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How popular is Carlota?
2023peak year
Today, Carlota is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #3339), with only about 49 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2023, 66 babies were given the name (ranked #2650 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1920s. Carlota has been trending upward in recent years. In all, around 2,419 babies have been registered as Carlota since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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