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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #217, 1937boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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.

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 1964

girls
#5,474
7 births · 1 in 270,694 girls
boys
#279
777 births · 1 in 2,565 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #5,474Carlton7

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #279Carlton777
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 270,694 of them was named Carlton, which outranked 29.9% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carlton
  1. #5,008Zenith8
  2. #5,008Zetta8
  3. #5,008Zinia8
  4. #5,474Carlton7
  5. #5,474Abbi7
  6. #5,474Adriann7
  7. #5,474Aide7
  8. #6,009Adalia6
  9. #6,009Adeana6
  10. #6,009Adline6

Tied with 534 names at #5,474; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 4,987Anjanette#5,891#904
  2. 2,403Deneen#2,619#216
  3. 2,162Denine#3,066#904
  4. 1,303Daneen#2,211#908
  5. 1,137Kecia#1,754#617
Fallers
  1. 341Leisha#993#1,334
  2. 320Cary#973#1,293
  3. 317Lisha#929#1,246
  4. 281Cecile#973#1,254
  5. 276Alexis#790#1,066

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

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 2,565 of them was named Carlton, which outranked 93.9% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carlton
  1. #276Adrian784
  2. #277Kim779
  3. #278Rene778
  4. #279Carlton777
  5. #280Ramon764
  6. #281Shannon758
  7. #282Cary749
Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 864Deron#1,548#684
  2. 653Cassius#1,513#860
  3. 392Kipp#1,215#823
  4. 363Fitzgerald#1,052#689
  5. 334Adrain#1,279#945
Fallers
  1. 286Farrell#886#1,172
  2. 283Tal#813#1,096
  3. 278Laura#921#1,199
  4. 272Pamela#947#1,219
  5. 270Huey#891#1,161

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

See the top 100 for 1964