Boys' name · since 1975
Carolos
58 babies named Carolos in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,081 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 58
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Carolos sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 58 recorded since 1975.
Social Security Administration records show Carolos recorded 58 times among boys since 1975, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1989.
- #21,081 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 58 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carolos ranks #21,081 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 58 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,081 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 58
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Carolos's 58 recorded births place it above 53.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Carolos's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Carolos's full recorded timeline at 1982, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Carolos popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1989
- Peak year (1989)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Carolos by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (47 births, 81% of the file).
1980s was Carolos's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Carolos births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 47 births (81% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Carolos: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~14 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, 1975–1989 (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 Carolos 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.