Carlton — #2827 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Carlton

The Social Security Administration has registered 48,847 babies named Carlton between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Carlton currently holds the #2827 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 955 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carlton performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 7,920 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Carlton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 4,148 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Carlton in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carlton 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 48,847 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.