Lotta

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lotta: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lotta: Recorded since 1966, with a gap of 21 years, it reached #132 in 2012, and it stood at #160 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
52times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#132highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Lotta's record

Absent from every published list for 21 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#4598
2007	#3218
2008	#3397
2009	#3422
2010	#2589
2011	#2150
2012	#2717
2013	#2313
2014	#4003
2015	#2945
2016	#4096
2017	#2925
2018	#4684
2019	#4001
2020	#4535
2021	#4634
2022	#5669
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 34 of the 60 years from 1966 to 2025.

In 2024: #155 among girls in Norway, #4192 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1966–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #526 among girls in Norway in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1966–2025
Highest recorded position: #132 among girls in Norway, in 2012 (recorded 1966–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #160 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Lotta appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 34 years beginning in 1966, and has registered 800 births with the name.

Lotta across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lotta's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#526 (1966)	#132 (2012)	#160 (2025)	34 of 60	800 (1966–2025)	53 (2012)
England and Wales · Girls	#4598 (2004)	#2150 (2011)	#4192 (2024)	18 of 21	113 (2004–2024)	12 (2011)

Lotta by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lotta in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	4	1 of 10	4
1980s	11	2 of 10	6
1990s	32	5 of 10	6
2000s	193	10 of 10	19
2010sbusiest	373	10 of 10	37
2020s	187	6 of 10	31

Across Norway · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 37 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Lotta appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #132 in Norway in 2012.

Lotta's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2313	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#160	31	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#155	31	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#195	25	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#143	35	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#140	33	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#155	32	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#156	33	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#162	33	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#200	26	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#153	38	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#193	29	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#191	30	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#157	39	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#132	53	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#133	50	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#152	42	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#185	34	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#162	40	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#194	31	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#303	15	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#294	16	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#408	9	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#315	13	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#287	15	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#276	15	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#558	5	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#353	11	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#488	7	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#584	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#586	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#652	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#628	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#576	6	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#526	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1966 and 2025, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #132, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 53 births, registered in Norway in 2012.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 21 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 38 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Lotanna · #1595, 10y
Loti · #1541, 15y
Lotte · #73, 64y
Lotti · #440, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Darran · #132, 35y
Bryony · #129, 29y
Mel · #129, 39y
Siobhain · #128, 39y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Darran · #132, 35y
Pauric · #132, 55y
Breda · #131, 49y
Brid · #131, 54y

Lotta was ranked #132 in Norway · Girls in 2012. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lotta and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lotta without appearing here.

Lotta moved ahead of

Kristine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3422 and #3031 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2589 and #5707.
Jeanette Compare
In 2006 they stood at #4598 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #3218 and #5201.
Kristin Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4003 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2945 and #4736.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Lotta

Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2925 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1711.
Arlo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2925 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #2340.
Noah Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2925 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #2499.
Francis Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4001 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2449.

Moved the opposite way to Lotta

Anita Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lotta went from #526 to #160 while Anita went from #4 to #459.
Anne Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lotta went from #526 to #160 while Anne went from #1 to #159.
Åse Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lotta went from #526 to #160 while Åse went from #51 to #93.
Aud Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lotta went from #526 to #160 while Aud went from #68 to #427.

Moved the same way as Lotta

Ada Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lotta went from #526 to #160 and Ada from #343 to #18.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lotta went from #526 to #160 and Alexandra from #387 to #212.
Andrea Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lotta went from #526 to #160 and Andrea from #216 to #98.
Anna Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lotta went from #526 to #160 and Anna from #82 to #23.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #132 in Norway in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lotta

Lotta at a glance

What stands out in Lotta's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lotta across 2 official records

Lotta by decade in Norway · Girls

Lotta appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Lotta at a glance

What stands out in Lotta's record

Lotta across 2 official records

Lotta by decade in Norway · Girls

Lotta appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Lotta

Lotta and the names beside it

Lotta moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lotta

Moved the opposite way to Lotta

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