Carless — boys' name

What the Data Says About Carless

The Social Security Administration has registered 151 babies named Carless between 1915 and 1972, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Carless currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carless performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Carless shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Carless in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carless 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 151 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.