Carlitos — #8418 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Carlitos

The Social Security Administration has registered 572 babies named Carlitos between 1964 and 2024, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Carlitos currently holds the #8418 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carlitos performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 198 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Carlitos shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Colorado and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Carlitos in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carlitos 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 572 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.