Carlton

Where Carlton comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Carlton.

Carlton through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #505 among boys, with 13 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1937
    Peak, #217
    548 babies named Carlton, its best rank.
  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

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

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.