Boys' name · since 1923
Caruso
21 babies named Caruso in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,535 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,190 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 21
- born since 1923
- 2020s
- peak decade
21 babies have been named Caruso since 1923, making it today's #12190 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caruso has been recorded 21 times among boys since 1923, currently ranked #12190 nationally and more common than 12% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 2025.
- #28,535 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,190 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 21 born since 1923
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caruso ranks #28,535 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,190 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 21 born since 1923, peaking in the 2020s.
- #28,535 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,190 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 21
- born since 1923
- 2020s
- peak decade
Caruso's 21 recorded births place it above 36.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Caruso compares
21 8th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Caruso's all-time total is 94% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Caruso | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 21 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 34 | 22,252 |
Caruso's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Caruso splits its recorded history at 2024: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1923 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Caruso popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 103 years of records
Caruso by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Caruso's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Caruso births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (52% of all-time use).
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Similar record span (~102 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, 1923–2025 (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 Caruso 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.