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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #217, 1937boys
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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#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 1969

girls
#3,461
16 births · 1 in 105,439 girls
boys
#351
511 births · 1 in 3,499 boys

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #3,461Carlton16

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #351Carlton511
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 105,439 of them was named Carlton, which outranked 60.3% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carlton
  1. #3,318Willow17
  2. #3,318Windi17
  3. #3,318Wynona17
  4. #3,461Carlton16
  5. #3,461Adelaide16
  6. #3,461Allisa16
  7. #3,461Alona16
  8. #3,619Abra15
  9. #3,619Adella15
  10. #3,619Adrena15

Tied with 157 names at #3,461; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. 1,462Shani#2,126#664
  2. 1,203Julissa#2,164#961
  3. 1,133Chelsea#1,834#701
  4. 667Latasha#1,519#852
  5. 549Britt#1,519#970
Fallers
  1. 455Tamiko#552#1,007
  2. 345Alesia#697#1,042
  3. 324Vickey#966#1,290
  4. 308Bettina#746#1,054
  5. 293Cammie#846#1,139

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

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 3,499 of them was named Carlton, which outranked 93.0% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carlton
  1. #348Alejandro516
  2. #349Isaac514
  3. #350Doug512
  4. #351Carlton511
  5. #352Curt509
  6. #353Sammy508
  7. #354Preston507
Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. 1,735Dedric#2,735#1,000
  2. 780Jameson#1,731#951
  3. 589Torrey#1,393#804
  4. 549Jamison#1,258#709
  5. 534Jemal#1,083#549
Fallers
  1. 449Artis#877#1,326
  2. 410Kennedy#986#1,396
  3. 408Alfie#968#1,376
  4. 360Micky#861#1,221
  5. 356Montgomery#946#1,302

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

See the top 100 for 1969