Carleton
Carleton is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 479th, in 1891.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1923103 births
- Best rank
- #479in 1891
- Since 1880
- 4,839people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,839 boys have been named Carleton in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1923, with 103 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 103 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1942, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 72 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Carleton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 42 | |
| 1890s | 89 | |
| 1900s | 102 | |
| 1910s | 582 | |
| 1920s | 830 | |
| 1930s | 622 | |
| 1940s | 599 | |
| 1950s | 638 | |
| 1960s | 434 | |
| 1970s | 337 | |
| 1980s | 263 | |
| 1990s | 180 | |
| 2000s | 99 | |
| 2010s | 16 | |
| 2020s | 6 |
In 1923, its biggest year
Carleton was the 632nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1923 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1923.
Names that rose and fell with Carleton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Cliffordpeak 1925
- Ralphpeak 1921
- Waltonpeak 1922
- Howardpeak 1921
- Alvispeak 1924
- Lloydpeak 1918
- Francispeak 1918
- Carlpeak 1956
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.