Charlotte or Sophia

Charlotte is the more popular girl name in Canada, #2 to #5 in 2024. Sophia is the more popular girl name in England and Wales, #13 to #25 in 2025. Charlotte is the more popular girl name in the USA, #4 to #6 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

Where each place ranks Charlotte against Sophia, in that place's most recent complete year.CharlotteSophia#1#10#25#50Canada#2 → #5 ↓3England and Wales#25 → #13 ↑12USA#4 → #6 ↓2Alberta#2 → #4 ↓2British Columbia#2 → #7 ↓5Ontario#2 → #3 ↓1Quebec#4 → #36 ↓32
PlaceYear Charlotte Sophia Ahead
Canada2024#2#5Charlotte
England and Wales2025#25#13Sophia
USA2024#4#6Charlotte
Alberta2024#2#4Charlotte
British Columbia2024#2#7Charlotte
Ontario2024#2#3Charlotte
Quebec2024#4#36Charlotte

Charlotte and Sophia in Canada, 2020–2024

Charlotte climbed from #3 in 2020 to #2 in 2024 in Canada. Sophia stood at #5 in 2024, matching its 2020 rank in Canada.

Charlotte and Sophia ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#10#2 Charlotte#5 Sophia20202021202220232024

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Charlotte and Sophia in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Charlotte slipped from #20 in 2020 to #25 in 2025 in England and Wales. Sophia slipped from #10 in 2020 to #13 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Charlotte and Sophia ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#13 Sophia#25 Charlotte202020212022202320242025

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Charlotte and Sophia in the USA, 2020–2024

Charlotte stood at #4 in 2024, matching its 2020 rank in the USA. Sophia slipped from #5 in 2020 to #6 in 2024 in the USA.

Charlotte and Sophia ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#10#4 Charlotte#6 Sophia20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.