Carlos

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #150 for boys in 2025, 2,418 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
2001 · 6,842 births
Debut · boys
17 births
In top 100 · boys
43 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
307,036
since 1880

Carlos over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201905peak #59, 2001boys
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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#1502,418
2024#1352,626
2023#15,1945#1392,557
2022#15,3065#1472,594
2021#1512,506
2020#1492,480
2019#1342,846
2018#9,80610#1382,864
2017#1343,075
2016#1293,204
2015#1183,421
2014#1183,424
2013#1063,684
2012#13,4837#954,010
2011#16,7645#914,182
2010#11,2469#894,591
2009#795,379
2008#15,4056#736,054
2007#15,4916#706,420
2006#8,71513#706,549
2005#7,89114#706,563
2004#7,07716#716,260
2003#6,88516#666,218
2002#5,67320#656,592
2001#5,17422#596,842
2000#6,20817#666,322
1999#5,66118#596,665
1998#6,07316#695,481
1997#5,01020#675,463
1996#4,05926#675,464
1995#4,67721#685,545
1994#4,11525#725,329
1993#3,22135#725,353
1992#3,50331#695,342
1991#2,88640#725,330
1990#2,64044#755,213
1989#2,52745#774,638
1988#2,15253#804,127
1987#2,43442#744,149
1986#1,93257#764,090
1985#3,00830#744,089
1984#2,29942#743,964
1983#2,31041#753,912
1982#2,02451#714,268
1981#2,48838#714,185
1980#2,12848#784,084
1979#2,18745#734,165
1978#1,98748#783,729
1977#1,92251#743,795
1976#2,13540#703,787
1975#1,80751#733,793
1974#1,84847#713,871
1973#1,93942#743,569
1972#2,09337#843,434
1971#1,90645#883,426
1970#2,57728#983,380
1969#2,25432#1102,891
1968#2,16431#1212,497
1967#2,49224#1292,298
1966#2,19129#1382,159
1965#2,20429#1442,131
1964#2,53024#1502,195
1963#2,70421#1562,112
1962#2,74120#1572,119
1961#2,19729#1642,001
1960#2,15029#1671,993
1959#2,86917#1621,947
1958#2,66319#1651,904
1957#2,72718#1731,787
1956#2,38922#1661,796
1955#2,55319#1661,703
1954#2,77916#1731,611
1953#3,48011#1811,393
1952#2,67116#1881,258
1951#2,11622#1891,233
1950#2,65215#1881,189
1949#2,85013#1841,135
1948#2,82813#1931,027
1947#4,3457#1971,032
1946#3,03411#199867
1945#2,06017#200719
1944#2,94610#211689
1943#3,04010#211698
1942#221660
1941#3,5597#216614
1940#2,73710#201659
1939#2,9229#212579
1938#2,11315#210583
1937#2,44812#225531
1936#3,3767#217536
1935#3,7426#214559
1934#2,74110#217559
1933#2,8689#208563
1932#2,23514#231520
1931#3,2268#224545
1930#2,69011#222578
1929#2,43713#228557
1928#224583
1927#3,5618#242544
1926#3,2699#250496
1925#4,4266#261471
1924#268452
1923#3,9717#274427
1922#4,4456#270441
1921#4,4646#283393
1920#3,09710#267421
1919#314312
1918#294348
1917#307298
1916#352234
1915#309273
1914#313210
1913#3,1875#317160
1912#341124
1911#32869
1910#27082
1909#29260
1908#29056
1907#23974
1906#28150
1905#25958
1904#32238
1903#29441
1902#31737
1901#27738
1900#35737
1899#28936
1898#35030
1897#35328
1896#35230
1895#43720
1894#36725
1893#34926
1892#38424
1891#44116
1890#43417
1889#35125
1888#34329
1887#36620
1886#45116
1885#31828
1884#52013
1883#35922
1882#39920
1881#38919
1880#42517
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Carlos was already there! It came in at #425, and was given to 17 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 14 boys a year got the name.

Where Carlos is popular in 1905

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Carlos
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 15 spots since 2024 (#135#150)
  • 1 spot since 2020 (#149#150)
  • 32 spots since 2015 (#118#150)
  • Biggest jump: 202 spots in 1885 (#520#318)
  • Biggest drop: 161 spots in 1884 (#359#520)
Rise & fade · boys
121 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2001 at #59 (6,842 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 43 yrs · run 1970–2012
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 284
  • Highest: 1 in 284 boys born in 2001 were named Carlos (0.35%)
  • Latest: 1 in 706 boys born in 2025 (0.14%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 20.6% of all boys named Carlos (63,199) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s209#318 (1885)#392
1890s252#289 (1899)#376
1900s489#239 (1907)#293
1910s2,110#270 (1910)#315
1920s4,785#224 (1928)#257
1930s5,553#208 (1933)#218
1940s8,100#184 (1949)#203
1950s15,821#162 (1959)#175
1960s22,396#110 (1969)#144
1970s36,949#70 (1976)#78
1980s41,506#71 (1982)#75
1990s55,185#59 (1999)#69
2000s63,199#59 (2001)#69
2010s35,301#89 (2010)#115
2020s15,181#135 (2024)#145

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.

Carlos in 1905

boys
#259
58 births · 1 in 2,281 boys

Top boys' names in 1905

  1. #1John8,059
  2. #2William6,495
  3. #3James6,042
  4. #4George4,256
  5. #5Charles3,608
  6. #6Robert3,410
  7. #7Joseph3,302
  8. #8Frank2,837
  9. #9Edward2,366
  10. #10Thomas2,135
  11. #259Carlos58
More about 1905

boys

132,306 boys got a published name in 1905; 1 in 2,281 of them was named Carlos, which outranked 81.8% of the 1,421 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carlos
  1. #254Merle59
  2. #254Salvatore59
  3. #254Troy59
  4. #259Carlos58
  5. #259Bob58
  6. #259Erwin58
  7. #259Mose58
  8. #263Alva57
  9. #264Forest56
  10. #264Harrison56

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1904
Risers
  1. 590Ludwig#1,205#615
  2. 539Domenick#1,205#666
  3. 506Cloyd#1,205#699
  4. 506Conley#1,205#699
  5. 506Elgin#1,205#699
Fallers
  1. 621Urban#612#1,233
  2. 586Sammy#647#1,233
  3. 576Randall#515#1,091
  4. 553Santiago#538#1,091
  5. 547Duane#686#1,233

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

See the top 100 for 1905