Carleton

Where Carleton comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Carleton.

  • 3 syllables
Carleton through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #682 among boys, with 8 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1891
    Peak, #476
    14 babies named Carleton, its best rank.
  3. 1896
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #982.
  4. 1904
    Carleton S. Coon born
    American anthropologist
  5. 1926
    Carleton Carpenter born
    actor, magician, dancer, writer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Carleton S. Coon · American anthropologist, 1904–1981
  • Carleton Carpenter · actor, magician, dancer, writer, 1926–2022
  • Carleton Watkins · American photographer, 1829–1916
  • Carleton Young · American character actor, 1905–1994
  • Carleton Washburne · American superintendent of schools, 1889–1968

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.