Karlos — #4721 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Karlos

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,997 babies named Karlos between 1942 and 2024, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Karlos currently holds the #4721 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 50 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karlos performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 435 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Karlos shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 204 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Karlos in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karlos 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 1,997 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.