Carlota is a distinctive choice, ranked #2412 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Carlota in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#2412
About the Name Carlota
Carlota is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 2123 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #2341 in 2021 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 1998.
Carlota is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Carlota
Unlikely. With around 11 UK babies named Carlota per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Carlota in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Carlota is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 2123 places over the last five years to #2412 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Carlota is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Carlota include: Carlota Martínez Círez — Carlota Martínez Círez is a Spanish tennis player.; Carlota Dudek — Carlota Dudek is a French breakdancer who competes under the nickname Señorita Carlota.; Carlota Boza — Carlota Boza Mendo is a Spanish actress and sister of actor Fernando Boza Mendo..
Carlota does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Carlotas in the wild.
11
UK babies named Carlota (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 2123 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Carlota
Likely around 1 other Carlota in the class
UK Popularity (1998–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Carlota
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Carlota Dudek is a French breakdancer who competes under the nickname Señorita Carlota. She represented France at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the first time the sport of breaking has been included in the Olympics.
Carlota Boza Mendo is a Spanish actress and sister of actor Fernando Boza Mendo. She is best known for playing Carlota Rivas in the TV show La que se avecina.
Carlota Perez is a British-Venezuelan scholar specialized in technology and socio-economic development. Her research focuses on the concept of techno-economic paradigm shifts and the theory of great surges, a further development of Schumpeter's work on Kondratieff waves.
Carlota Alejandra Regina Micaela O'Neill y de Lamo was a Spanish writer and journalist. Her husband, Captain Virgilio Leret Ruiz, was executed after opposing the July 1936 military uprising in Melilla which led to the Civil War.