Carlton

Where Carlton comes from

Carlton hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #505 among boys — 13 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1937
    Peak, #217
    548 babies named Carlton — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1959
    Carlton Cuse born
    American television producer and screenwriter
  4. 1983
    Carlton Cole born
    English footballer
  5. 1997
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #631.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Carlton Cole · English footballer, born 1983
  • Carlton Cuse · American television producer and screenwriter, born 1959
  • Carlton Palmer · English association football player and manager, born 1965
  • Carlton Myers · Italian-British basketball player, born 1971
  • Carlton Chambers · Canadian sprinter, born 1975

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.