Carlester — boys' name

What the Data Says About Carlester

The Social Security Administration has registered 74 babies named Carlester between 1952 and 1981, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Carlester currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carlester performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Carlester shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Carlester in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carlester 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 74 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.