Carlton

Last seen for girls in 1996 at #13,518 · #2,884 for boys in 2025, 43 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1937 · 548 births
Debut · boys
13 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
48,890
since 1880

Carlton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Carlton has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201892peak #217, 1937boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,88443
2024—#2,78946
2023—#2,69348
2022—#3,21637
2021—#2,43955
2020—#2,23561
2019—#2,08169
2018—#2,16764
2017—#1,97772
2016—#1,82882
2015—#1,61399
2014—#1,71488
2013—#1,69587
2012—#1,575100
2011—#1,544102
2010—#1,376122
2009—#1,459114
2008—#1,343128
2007—#1,206146
2006—#1,178143
2005—#967180
2004—#1,144137
2003—#1,024154
2002—#917175
2001—#805208
2000—#750225
1999—#730224
1998—#687246
1997—#631269
1996#13,5185#615284
1995#13,3865#566328
1994#11,7786#546356
1993#11,7806#516396
1992#9,4918#480437
1991—#455469
1990—#425529
1989—#431478
1988—#467381
1987#8,7787#474352
1986#7,7498#449376
1985—#438378
1984#9,1446#438367
1983—#418383
1982—#383444
1981#10,4115#419392
1980#7,4188#389442
1979—#368469
1978—#368436
1977—#365465
1976#9,2845#388397
1975—#345496
1974#8,7755#364450
1973—#350477
1972—#363464
1971#7,3886#317595
1970#5,06110#327584
1969#3,46116#351511
1968#5,6427#305601
1967—#297613
1966#5,2737#293650
1965#5,8176#296639
1964#5,4747#279777
1963—#280762
1962—#269815
1961#5,3097#280768
1960#4,4379#274849
1959#4,6258#278813
1958#4,8907#260887
1957#4,9187#246955
1956#5,9525#242908
1955—#238874
1954#5,1486#241833
1953#5,0406#259718
1952—#259698
1951#4,0118#259665
1950—#277569
1949—#281584
1948#5,2435#293547
1947—#267637
1946#3,21710#277542
1945—#262500
1944#4,5745#270485
1943#3,8017#257548
1942—#260516
1941—#246510
1940#4,3495#244492
1939—#236494
1938—#223538
1937—#217548
1936#3,7016#234483
1935—#239491
1934—#239477
1933—#234491
1932#4,4115#228525
1931—#232503
1930#4,0476#258471
1929#4,5705#246502
1928—#234551
1927—#262483
1926#4,8515#255483
1925#4,4266#270448
1924—#275430
1923#4,9675#265450
1922#5,0095#267447
1921—#258480
1920#4,3986#260440
1919—#266397
1918—#258432
1917—#257388
1916—#251395
1915—#257349
1914—#258283
1913—#275198
1912—#248201
1911—#247108
1910—#25689
1909—#28961
1908—#31648
1907—#30449
1906—#28649
1905—#28448
1904—#27647
1903—#33033
1902—#31737
1901—#26741
1900—#35438
1899—#31531
1898—#34531
1897—#35328
1896—#33831
1895—#35827
1894—#32230
1893—#39121
1892—#41521
1891—#36422
1890—#43417
1889—#32229
1888—#43019
1887—#48813
1886—#36922
1885—#42218
1884—#39920
1883—#40219
1882—#38921
1881—#43116
1880—#50513
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Carlton was already there! It came in at #505, and was given to 13 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 17 boys a year got the name.

Where Carlton is popular in 1892

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Carlton
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 95 spots since 2024 (#2,789 → #2,884)
  • 649 spots since 2020 (#2,235 → #2,884)
  • 1,271 spots since 2015 (#1,613 → #2,884)
  • Biggest jump: 177 spots in 2005 (#1,144 → #967)
  • Biggest drop: 211 spots in 2006 (#967 → #1,178)
Rise & fade · boys
57 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1937 at #217 (548 births)
  • Births halved by 1997, 60 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 124 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 124 yrs · run 1880–2002
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,946
  • Highest: 1 in 1,946 boys born in 1937 were named Carlton (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 39,723 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 16.2% of all boys named Carlton (7,920) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s190#322 (1889)#416
1890s259#315 (1899)#364
1900s451#267 (1901)#302
1910s2,840#247 (1911)#257
1920s4,714#234 (1928)#259
1930s5,021#217 (1937)#234
1940s5,361#244 (1940)#266
1950s7,920#238 (1955)#256
1960s6,985#269 (1962)#292
1970s4,833#317 (1971)#356
1980s3,993#383 (1982)#431
1990s3,538#425 (1990)#565
2000s1,610#750 (2000)#1,079
2010s885#1,376 (2010)#1,757
2020s290#2,235 (2020)#2,709

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Carlton in 1892

boys
#415
21 births · 1 in 5,811 boys

Top boys' names in 1892

  1. #1John9,039
  2. #2William7,782
  3. #3James5,398
  4. #4George4,760
  5. #5Charles4,319
  6. #6Frank3,150
  7. #7Joseph3,064
  8. #8Robert2,710
  9. #9Harry2,460
  10. #10Henry2,452
  11. #415Carlton21
More about 1892

boys

122,035 boys got a published name in 1892; 1 in 5,811 of them was named Carlton, which outranked 67.1% of the 1,260 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carlton
  1. #404Pierce22
  2. #404Smith22
  3. #404Waldo22
  4. #415Carlton21
  5. #415Coleman21
  6. #415Henderson21
  7. #415Morgan21
  8. #422Alford20
  9. #422Anna20
  10. #422Arther20

Tied with 6 names at #415; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. ↑ 559Pierce#963 → #404
  2. ↑ 505Milford#963 → #458
  3. ↑ 466Rose#963 → #497
  4. ↑ 466Omar#963 → #497
  5. ↑ 396Shelby#841 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Maude#524 → #1,066
  2. ↓ 502Bernice#564 → #1,066
  3. ↓ 502Wilton#564 → #1,066
  4. ↓ 480Wellington#476 → #956
  5. ↓ 469Jule#597 → #1,066

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1892 →