Carles — boys' name

What the Data Says About Carles

The Social Security Administration has registered 681 babies named Carles between 1912 and 2021, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Carles currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carles performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Carles shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Carles in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carles in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 681 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.