Carleton
Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,839since 1880
Carleton over time
Rank among boys' names. Carleton has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #4,703 | 16 |
| 2001 | #5,667 | 12 |
| 2000 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #4,537 | 15 |
| 1998 | #3,708 | 19 |
| 1997 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | #2,599 | 27 |
| 1991 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #2,432 | 28 |
| 1989 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #2,509 | 23 |
| 1987 | #2,641 | 20 |
| 1986 | #1,962 | 30 |
| 1985 | #2,116 | 26 |
| 1984 | #1,581 | 38 |
| 1983 | #2,140 | 24 |
| 1982 | #2,059 | 26 |
| 1981 | #1,811 | 31 |
| 1980 | #2,003 | 27 |
| 1979 | #1,788 | 31 |
| 1978 | #1,474 | 40 |
| 1977 | #1,450 | 40 |
| 1976 | #1,608 | 33 |
| 1975 | #1,658 | 30 |
| 1974 | #1,501 | 34 |
| 1973 | #1,376 | 37 |
| 1972 | #2,158 | 18 |
| 1971 | #1,637 | 29 |
| 1970 | #1,238 | 45 |
| 1969 | #1,351 | 35 |
| 1968 | #1,314 | 34 |
| 1967 | #1,132 | 43 |
| 1966 | #1,259 | 36 |
| 1965 | #1,163 | 42 |
| 1964 | #1,006 | 56 |
| 1963 | #1,100 | 48 |
| 1962 | #1,259 | 38 |
| 1961 | #1,078 | 52 |
| 1960 | #1,098 | 50 |
| 1959 | #1,101 | 49 |
| 1958 | #915 | 68 |
| 1957 | #971 | 61 |
| 1956 | #860 | 76 |
| 1955 | #874 | 71 |
| 1954 | #963 | 59 |
| 1953 | #903 | 63 |
| 1952 | #840 | 69 |
| 1951 | #919 | 58 |
| 1950 | #850 | 64 |
| 1949 | #885 | 60 |
| 1948 | #989 | 50 |
| 1947 | #938 | 56 |
| 1946 | #980 | 47 |
| 1945 | #837 | 56 |
| 1944 | #735 | 71 |
| 1943 | #869 | 59 |
| 1942 | #732 | 77 |
| 1941 | #798 | 62 |
| 1940 | #792 | 61 |
| 1939 | #800 | 58 |
| 1938 | #834 | 55 |
| 1937 | #757 | 65 |
| 1936 | #767 | 63 |
| 1935 | #757 | 66 |
| 1934 | #808 | 59 |
| 1933 | #824 | 56 |
| 1932 | #756 | 69 |
| 1931 | #768 | 66 |
| 1930 | #802 | 65 |
| 1929 | #752 | 71 |
| 1928 | #694 | 83 |
| 1927 | #786 | 70 |
| 1926 | #731 | 76 |
| 1925 | #723 | 80 |
| 1924 | #642 | 99 |
| 1923 | #631 | 103 |
| 1922 | #678 | 91 |
| 1921 | #729 | 82 |
| 1920 | #763 | 75 |
| 1919 | #695 | 80 |
| 1918 | #645 | 91 |
| 1917 | #773 | 66 |
| 1916 | #627 | 87 |
| 1915 | #589 | 93 |
| 1914 | #734 | 51 |
| 1913 | #720 | 41 |
| 1912 | #692 | 38 |
| 1911 | #667 | 22 |
| 1910 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #804 | 13 |
| 1908 | #712 | 14 |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #927 | 8 |
| 1905 | #636 | 14 |
| 1904 | #686 | 12 |
| 1903 | #846 | 8 |
| 1902 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | #779 | 8 |
| 1900 | #743 | 12 |
| 1899 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #652 | 11 |
| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #685 | 10 |
| 1894 | #787 | 8 |
| 1893 | #768 | 8 |
| 1892 | #641 | 11 |
| 1891 | #476 | 14 |
| 1890 | #814 | 7 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #641 | 9 |
| 1884 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | #691 | 8 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #682 | 8 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Carleton was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Carleton
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 382 spots in 1908 (#1,094 → #712)
- Biggest drop: 297 spots in 1896 (#685 → #982)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #476 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1908–1958
- Highest: 1 in 7,228 boys born in 1891 were named Carleton (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 285,096 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 17.2% of all boys named Carleton (830) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 42 | #641 (1885) | #779 |
| 1890s | 89 | #476 (1891) | #754 |
| 1900s | 102 | #636 (1905) | #824 |
| 1910s | 582 | #589 (1915) | #700 |
| 1920s | 830 | #631 (1923) | #713 |
| 1930s | 622 | #756 (1932) | #787 |
| 1940s | 599 | #732 (1942) | #856 |
| 1950s | 638 | #840 (1952) | #920 |
| 1960s | 434 | #1,006 (1964) | #1,176 |
| 1970s | 337 | #1,238 (1970) | #1,589 |
| 1980s | 263 | #1,581 (1984) | #2,203 |
| 1990s | 180 | #2,432 (1990) | #3,811 |
| 2000s | 99 | #4,703 (2002) | #7,016 |
| 2010s | 16 | #10,744 (2016) | #11,759 |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,821 (2023) | #10,821 |
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.
Carleton in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
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1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 41,046 of them was named Carleton, which outranked 78.2% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,452Stevan41
- #1,452Taiwan41
- #1,452Zeke41
- #1,474Carleton40
- #1,474Ace40
- #1,474Cleo40
- #1,474Dashawn40
- #1,487Charlton39
- #1,487Faustino39
- #1,487Gabe39
Tied with 12 names at #1,474; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.