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
- Peak · boys
- 1923 · 167 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 15,920since 1894
Carlo over time
Rank among boys' names. Carlo 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 | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #867 | 276 | |
| 2024 | — | #916 | 254 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,053 | 206 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,213 | 163 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,170 | 168 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,325 | 135 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,258 | 149 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,207 | 155 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,245 | 147 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,080 | 182 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,252 | 144 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,082 | 178 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,100 | 168 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,074 | 174 | |
| 2011 | — | #998 | 194 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,036 | 187 | |
| 2009 | — | #969 | 206 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,002 | 195 | |
| 2007 | — | #892 | 225 | |
| 2006 | — | #932 | 202 | |
| 2005 | — | #834 | 222 | |
| 2004 | — | #949 | 177 | |
| 2003 | — | #905 | 184 | |
| 2002 | — | #965 | 165 | |
| 2001 | — | #958 | 160 | |
| 2000 | — | #902 | 172 | |
| 1999 | — | #985 | 144 | |
| 1998 | — | #995 | 138 | |
| 1997 | — | #864 | 163 | |
| 1996 | — | #884 | 153 | |
| 1995 | — | #896 | 149 | |
| 1994 | — | #927 | 140 | |
| 1993 | — | #864 | 150 | |
| 1992 | — | #917 | 133 | |
| 1991 | — | #838 | 153 | |
| 1990 | — | #833 | 151 | |
| 1989 | — | #817 | 147 | |
| 1988 | — | #801 | 140 | |
| 1987 | — | #858 | 119 | |
| 1986 | — | #730 | 153 | |
| 1985 | — | #715 | 153 | |
| 1984 | — | #652 | 175 | |
| 1983 | — | #687 | 156 | |
| 1982 | — | #686 | 159 | |
| 1981 | — | #650 | 172 | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #662 | 170 |
| 1979 | — | #644 | 175 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #607 | 189 |
| 1977 | — | #602 | 198 | |
| 1976 | — | #566 | 205 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #612 | 177 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #519 | 231 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #540 | 208 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | #558 | 205 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #568 | 205 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | #619 | 172 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #623 | 159 |
| 1968 | — | #669 | 125 | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #670 | 124 |
| 1966 | — | #686 | 116 | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #668 | 123 |
| 1964 | — | #715 | 116 | |
| 1963 | — | #704 | 121 | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #671 | 134 |
| 1961 | — | #719 | 114 | |
| 1960 | — | #697 | 127 | |
| 1959 | — | #716 | 115 | |
| 1958 | — | #747 | 97 | |
| 1957 | — | #884 | 73 | |
| 1956 | — | #796 | 87 | |
| 1955 | — | #786 | 86 | |
| 1954 | — | #778 | 84 | |
| 1953 | — | #738 | 94 | |
| 1952 | — | #775 | 82 | |
| 1951 | — | #745 | 87 | |
| 1950 | — | #800 | 72 | |
| 1949 | — | #707 | 94 | |
| 1948 | — | #744 | 82 | |
| 1947 | — | #801 | 74 | |
| 1946 | — | #935 | 51 | |
| 1945 | — | #899 | 50 | |
| 1944 | — | #720 | 74 | |
| 1943 | — | #781 | 70 | |
| 1942 | — | #737 | 76 | |
| 1941 | — | #678 | 81 | |
| 1940 | — | #810 | 59 | |
| 1939 | — | #700 | 72 | |
| 1938 | — | #660 | 82 | |
| 1937 | — | #621 | 87 | |
| 1936 | — | #679 | 76 | |
| 1935 | — | #602 | 93 | |
| 1934 | — | #650 | 86 | |
| 1933 | — | #523 | 118 | |
| 1932 | — | #666 | 84 | |
| 1931 | — | #516 | 125 | |
| 1930 | — | #520 | 132 | |
| 1929 | — | #517 | 128 | |
| 1928 | — | #500 | 145 | |
| 1927 | — | #497 | 149 | |
| 1926 | — | #512 | 139 | |
| 1925 | — | #566 | 120 | |
| 1924 | — | #512 | 150 | |
| 1923 | — | #470 | 167 | |
| 1922 | — | #500 | 152 | |
| 1921 | — | #576 | 120 | |
| 1920 | — | #507 | 143 | |
| 1919 | — | #541 | 122 | |
| 1918 | — | #538 | 124 | |
| 1917 | — | #514 | 125 | |
| 1916 | — | #502 | 127 | |
| 1915 | — | #525 | 112 | |
| 1914 | — | #472 | 105 | |
| 1913 | — | #564 | 59 | |
| 1912 | — | #592 | 47 | |
| 1911 | — | #577 | 28 | |
| 1910 | — | #755 | 16 | |
| 1909 | — | #756 | 14 | |
| 1908 | — | #712 | 14 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1923 at #470 (167 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 105 yrs · run 1908–2007
- 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
- 12.3% of all boys named Carlo (1,965) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,074 (1894) | #1,074 |
| 1900s | 64 | #712 (1908) | #1,001 |
| 1910s | 865 | #472 (1914) | #558 |
| 1920s | 1,413 | #470 (1923) | #516 |
| 1930s | 955 | #516 (1931) | #614 |
| 1940s | 711 | #678 (1941) | #781 |
| 1950s | 877 | #716 (1959) | #777 |
| 1960s | 1,259 | #623 (1969) | #682 |
| 1970s | 1,965 | #519 (1974) | #584 |
| 1980s | 1,544 | #650 (1981) | #726 |
| 1990s | 1,474 | #833 (1990) | #900 |
| 2000s | 1,908 | #834 (2005) | #931 |
| 2010s | 1,678 | #998 (2011) | #1,133 |
| 2020s | 1,202 | #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 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 277,304 of them was named Carlo, which outranked 23.4% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,619Zona7
- #6,619Zsa7
- #6,619Zully7
- #7,388Carlo6
- #7,388Abeer6
- #7,388Abigale6
- #7,388Adana6
- #8,324Aarti5
- #8,324Abagail5
- #8,324Abraham5
Tied with 935 names at #7,388; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 8,627 of them was named Carlo, which outranked 90.0% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).