Carlus — boys' name
525 babies named Carlus in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Carlus was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Carlus in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Carlus
The Social Security Administration has registered 525 babies named Carlus between 1913 and 2004, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Carlus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Carlus performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Carlus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Carlus 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 525 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.
Carlus at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Carlus popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1913
- Peak year (1970)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 92 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
525 total births across 92 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 20 births in a single year.
Carlus popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 1961 (Carlus as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Carlus accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Carlus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 144 births that decade — 27% of Carlus's all-time total
Carlus decade highlights
- Peak decade 144 births
- Runner-up 95 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Carlus's strongest decade
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.