Boys' name · since 1920
Carlous
510 babies named Carlous in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,812 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 510
- born since 1920
- 1970s
- peak decade
Carlous sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 510 recorded since 1920.
Carlous has 510 recorded births among boys since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2006.
- #7,812 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 510 born since 1920
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carlous ranks #7,812 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 510 born since 1920, peaking in the 1970s.
- #7,812 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 510
- born since 1920
- 1970s
- peak decade
Carlous's 510 recorded births place it above 82.81% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Carlous's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Carlous's SSA record in two at 1968 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1920, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1976 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Carlous popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2006
- Peak year (1976)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 87 years of records
Carlous by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (139 births, 27% of the file).
1970s was Carlous's strongest decade.
139 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Carlous births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 16
1920s
16 births
- 1930s 25
1930s
25 births
- 1940s 45
1940s
45 births
- 1950s
1950s
57 births
- 1960s
1960s
91 births
- 1970s
1970s
139 births
- 1980s
1980s
63 births
- 1990s 47
1990s
47 births
- 2000s 27
2000s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 139 births (27% of all-time use).
How Carlous compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Carlous's total volume
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What to do with Carlous's data
- Carlous's decade-level peak was the 1970s (139 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Carlous: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~86 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1920–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Carlous draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.