Carlo

Last seen for girls in 1980 at #9,095 · #867 for boys in 2025, 276 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1923 · 167 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
15,920
since 1894

Carlo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Carlo has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201945peak #470, 1923boys
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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#867276
2024#916254
2023#1,053206
2022#1,213163
2021#1,170168
2020#1,325135
2019#1,258149
2018#1,207155
2017#1,245147
2016#1,080182
2015#1,252144
2014#1,082178
2013#1,100168
2012#1,074174
2011#998194
2010#1,036187
2009#969206
2008#1,002195
2007#892225
2006#932202
2005#834222
2004#949177
2003#905184
2002#965165
2001#958160
2000#902172
1999#985144
1998#995138
1997#864163
1996#884153
1995#896149
1994#927140
1993#864150
1992#917133
1991#838153
1990#833151
1989#817147
1988#801140
1987#858119
1986#730153
1985#715153
1984#652175
1983#687156
1982#686159
1981#650172
1980#9,0956#662170
1979#644175
1978#9,7505#607189
1977#602198
1976#566205
1975#9,0675#612177
1974#8,7755#519231
1973#6,6667#540208
1972#5,4809#558205
1971#7,3886#568205
1970#4,24613#619172
1969#5,9747#623159
1968#669125
1967#6,8045#670124
1966#686116
1965#5,8176#668123
1964#715116
1963#704121
1962#5,8606#671134
1961#719114
1960#697127
1959#716115
1958#74797
1957#88473
1956#79687
1955#78686
1954#77884
1953#73894
1952#77582
1951#74587
1950#80072
1949#70794
1948#74482
1947#80174
1946#93551
1945#89950
1944#72074
1943#78170
1942#73776
1941#67881
1940#81059
1939#70072
1938#66082
1937#62187
1936#67976
1935#60293
1934#65086
1933#523118
1932#66684
1931#516125
1930#520132
1929#517128
1928#500145
1927#497149
1926#512139
1925#566120
1924#512150
1923#470167
1922#500152
1921#576120
1920#507143
1919#541122
1918#538124
1917#514125
1916#502127
1915#525112
1914#472105
1913#56459
1912#59247
1911#57728
1910#75516
1909#75614
1908#71214
1907#1,2006
1906
1905#9198
1904#1,0646
1903
1902#1,1375
1901#1,0585
1900#1,1626
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894#1,0745
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First appearance
1894

The first year at least five boys were named Carlo! It came in at #1,074, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1894–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Carlo
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 49 spots since 2024 (#916#867)
  • 458 spots since 2020 (#1,325#867)
  • 385 spots since 2015 (#1,252#867)
  • Biggest jump: 488 spots in 1908 (#1,200#712)
  • Biggest drop: 179 spots in 1945 (#720#899)
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1894
  • Peaked 1923 at #470 (167 births)
  • Births halved by 1936, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 105 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 105 yrs · run 1908–2007
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,189
  • Highest: 1 in 6,189 boys born in 2025 were named Carlo (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #470 in 1923, was only 1 in 6,563 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 12.3% of all boys named Carlo (1,965) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,074 (1894)#1,074
1900s64#712 (1908)#1,001
1910s865#472 (1914)#558
1920s1,413#470 (1923)#516
1930s955#516 (1931)#614
1940s711#678 (1941)#781
1950s877#716 (1959)#777
1960s1,259#623 (1969)#682
1970s1,965#519 (1974)#584
1980s1,544#650 (1981)#726
1990s1,474#833 (1990)#900
2000s1,908#834 (2005)#931
2010s1,678#998 (2011)#1,133
2020s1,202#867 (2025)#1,091

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.

Carlo in 1945

boys
#899
50 births · 1 in 26,917 boys

Top boys' names in 1945

  1. #1James74,464
  2. #2Robert69,947
  3. #3John66,117
  4. #4William50,218
  5. #5Richard46,046
  6. #6David37,110
  7. #7Charles32,469
  8. #8Thomas31,874
  9. #9Michael29,902
  10. #10Ronald23,665
  11. #899Carlo50
More about 1945

boys

1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 26,917 of them was named Carlo, which outranked 76.2% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carlo
  1. #884Sergio51
  2. #884Theadore51
  3. #884Wylie51
  4. #899Carlo50
  5. #899Carolyn50
  6. #899Cyrus50
  7. #899Dayton50
  8. #916Berry49
  9. #916Delmas49
  10. #916Early49

Tied with 16 names at #899; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. 527Delano#1,085#558
  2. 499Dane#1,235#736
  3. 385Eusebio#1,328#943
  4. 371Erick#1,235#864
  5. 311Gerardo#1,282#971
Fallers
  1. 479Joan#870#1,349
  2. 408Kit#841#1,249
  3. 392Llewellyn#935#1,327
  4. 361Valentine#888#1,249
  5. 321Hilario#906#1,227

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

See the top 100 for 1945