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Carlton: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 43 in 2025. Its best rank was #217 in 1937.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #217 in 1937; #2,893 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Carlton in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,893 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1937, at #217.
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Carlton: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 43 boys in 2025. Peak: #217 in 1937 · most boys in one year: 955 (1957).
In 2025, 43 US boys were named Carlton, making it the 2,893rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 96 places from #2,797 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 46 boys named Carlton in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #217, reached in 1937. The most boys given the name in a single year was 955, in 1957. For comparison, it was #1,617 in 2015 and #277 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Carlton in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 13 babies with the name. In all, 49,167 US babies have been given the name, 0.6% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 7,967 babies named Carlton.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 577 US boys were named Carlton; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 82. In 2025 that was about 1 in 39,723 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Carlton ranked highest in Georgia in 2025, at #1,385 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Karlton are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Carl.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Karlton (1,529).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 50 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 5 | #1,385 | #1,018 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 43 | #2,893 |
| 2024 | — | — | 46 | #2,797 |
| 2023 | — | — | 48 | #2,702 |
| 2022 | — | — | 37 | #3,222 |
| 2021 | — | — | 55 | #2,443 |
| 2020 | — | — | 61 | #2,241 |
| 2019 | — | — | 69 | #2,090 |
| 2018 | — | — | 64 | #2,174 |
| 2017 | — | — | 72 | #1,978 |
| 2016 | — | — | 82 | #1,831 |
| 2015 | — | — | 99 | #1,617 |
| 2014 | — | — | 88 | #1,714 |
| 2013 | — | — | 87 | #1,698 |
| 2012 | — | — | 100 | #1,577 |
| 2011 | — | — | 102 | #1,547 |
| 2010 | — | — | 122 | #1,377 |
| 2009 | — | — | 114 | #1,459 |
| 2008 | — | — | 128 | #1,345 |
| 2007 | — | — | 146 | #1,207 |
| 2006 | — | — | 143 | #1,178 |
| 2005 | — | — | 180 | #969 |
| 2004 | — | — | 137 | #1,146 |
| 2003 | — | — | 154 | #1,025 |
| 2002 | — | — | 175 | #917 |
| 2001 | — | — | 208 | #806 |
| 2000 | — | — | 225 | #750 |
| 1999 | — | — | 224 | #730 |
| 1998 | — | — | 246 | #687 |
| 1997 | — | — | 269 | #631 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,873 | 284 | #615 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,771 | 328 | #566 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,024 | 356 | #546 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,019 | 396 | #516 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,616 | 437 | #480 |
| 1991 | — | — | 469 | #455 |
| 1990 | — | — | 529 | #425 |
| 1989 | — | — | 478 | #431 |
| 1988 | — | — | 381 | #467 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,910 | 352 | #474 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,857 | 376 | #449 |
| 1985 | — | — | 378 | #438 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,294 | 367 | #438 |
| 1983 | — | — | 383 | #418 |
| 1982 | — | — | 444 | #383 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,638 | 392 | #419 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,513 | 442 | #389 |
| 1979 | — | — | 469 | #368 |
| 1978 | — | — | 436 | #368 |
| 1977 | — | — | 465 | #365 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,476 | 397 | #388 |
| 1975 | — | — | 496 | #346 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,943 | 450 | #364 |
| 1973 | — | — | 477 | #350 |
| 1972 | — | — | 464 | #363 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,491 | 595 | #317 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,097 | 584 | #327 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,481 | 511 | #351 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,696 | 601 | #305 |
| 1967 | — | — | 613 | #297 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,331 | 650 | #293 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,891 | 639 | #296 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,544 | 777 | #279 |
| 1963 | — | — | 762 | #280 |
| 1962 | — | — | 815 | #269 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,359 | 768 | #280 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,486 | 849 | #274 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,675 | 813 | #278 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,952 | 887 | #260 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,971 | 955 | #246 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,061 | 908 | #242 |
| 1955 | — | — | 874 | #238 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,218 | 833 | #241 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,109 | 718 | #259 |
| 1952 | — | — | 698 | #259 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,062 | 665 | #259 |
| 1950 | — | — | 569 | #277 |
| 1949 | — | — | 584 | #281 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,328 | 547 | #293 |
| 1947 | — | — | 637 | #267 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,251 | 542 | #277 |
| 1945 | — | — | 500 | #262 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,648 | 485 | #270 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,853 | 548 | #257 |
| 1942 | — | — | 516 | #260 |
| 1941 | — | — | 510 | #246 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,450 | 492 | #244 |
| 1939 | — | — | 494 | #236 |
| 1938 | — | — | 538 | #223 |
| 1937 | — | — | 548 | #217 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,757 | 483 | #234 |
| 1935 | — | — | 491 | #239 |
| 1934 | — | — | 477 | #240 |
| 1933 | — | — | 491 | #234 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,501 | 525 | #228 |
| 1931 | — | — | 503 | #232 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,106 | 471 | #258 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,663 | 502 | #246 |
| 1928 | — | — | 551 | #234 |
| 1927 | — | — | 483 | #262 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,949 | 483 | #255 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,514 | 448 | #270 |
| 1924 | — | — | 430 | #275 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,067 | 450 | #265 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,124 | 447 | #267 |
| 1921 | — | — | 480 | #259 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,471 | 440 | #260 |
| 1919 | — | — | 397 | #266 |
| 1918 | — | — | 432 | #258 |
| 1917 | — | — | 388 | #258 |
| 1916 | — | — | 395 | #251 |
| 1915 | — | — | 349 | #257 |
| 1914 | — | — | 283 | #258 |
| 1913 | — | — | 198 | #275 |
| 1912 | — | — | 201 | #248 |
| 1911 | — | — | 108 | #247 |
| 1910 | — | — | 89 | #257 |
| 1909 | — | — | 61 | #290 |
| 1908 | — | — | 48 | #317 |
| 1907 | — | — | 49 | #304 |
| 1906 | — | — | 49 | #287 |
| 1905 | — | — | 48 | #286 |
| 1904 | — | — | 47 | #276 |
| 1903 | — | — | 33 | #330 |
| 1902 | — | — | 37 | #320 |
| 1901 | — | — | 41 | #267 |
| 1900 | — | — | 38 | #355 |
| 1899 | — | — | 31 | #316 |
| 1898 | — | — | 31 | #348 |
| 1897 | — | — | 28 | #354 |
| 1896 | — | — | 31 | #340 |
| 1895 | — | — | 27 | #361 |
| 1894 | — | — | 30 | #323 |
| 1893 | — | — | 21 | #392 |
| 1892 | — | — | 21 | #415 |
| 1891 | — | — | 22 | #365 |
| 1890 | — | — | 17 | #440 |
| 1889 | — | — | 29 | #322 |
| 1888 | — | — | 19 | #431 |
| 1887 | — | — | 13 | #494 |
| 1886 | — | — | 22 | #369 |
| 1885 | — | — | 18 | #424 |
| 1884 | — | — | 20 | #401 |
| 1883 | — | — | 19 | #405 |
| 1882 | — | — | 21 | #391 |
| 1881 | — | — | 16 | #432 |
| 1880 | — | — | 13 | #507 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).