Carlton
Carlton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 45 births. Its best rank was 217th, in 1937.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 450.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1957955 births
- Best rank
- #217in 1937
- Since 1880
- 48,847people given the name
The story in the numbers
48,847 boys have been named Carlton in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1957, with 955 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1957, and the 1950s alone account for 16%. It has spent 124 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Carlton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 190 | |
| 1890s | 259 | |
| 1900s | 451 | |
| 1910s | 2,840 | |
| 1920s | 4,714 | |
| 1930s | 5,021 | |
| 1940s | 5,361 | |
| 1950s | 7,920 | |
| 1960s | 6,986 | |
| 1970s | 4,833 | |
| 1980s | 3,993 | |
| 1990s | 3,538 | |
| 2000s | 1,610 | |
| 2010s | 885 | |
| 2020s | 246 |
In 1957, its biggest year
Carlton was the 246th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1957 were Michael, James, David, Robert and John. See all of 1957.
Names that rose and fell with Carlton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Paulpeak 1957
- Lorenpeak 1955
- Philippeak 1953
- Daviepeak 1955
- Russellpeak 1960
- Alphonsopeak 1962
- Glenpeak 1957
- Jeromepeak 1954
Other spellings in the data
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.