Is Carleton a boy or girl name?

Carleton is primarily used as a boy name in the US.

How popular is Carleton?

Carleton isn't in the current US top charts, but 4,839 babies have been given the name since 1880.

Boy nameNot in the current top chartsSteady

Carleton

//ˈkɑɹltən//

2 syllablesPeak year: 19238 lettersStarts with C

Meaning & origin

We're still researching Carleton's meaning

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Carleton's popularity over time

Yearly US births named Carleton, Social Security Administration data
Year	Births named Carleton
1880	8
1882	8
1883	5
1884	6
1885	9
1888	6
1890	7
1891	14
1892	11
1893	8
1894	8
1895	10
1896	6
1897	11
1898	8
1899	6
1900	12
1901	8
1902	6
1903	8
1904	12
1905	14
1906	8
1907	7
1908	14
1909	13
1910	13
1911	22
1912	38
1913	41
1914	51
1915	93
1916	87
1917	66
1918	91
1919	80
1920	75
1921	82
1922	91
1923	103
1924	99
1925	80
1926	76
1927	70
1928	83
1929	71
1930	65
1931	66
1932	69
1933	56
1934	59
1935	66
1936	63
1937	65
1938	55
1939	58
1940	61
1941	62
1942	77
1943	59
1944	71
1945	56
1946	47
1947	56
1948	50
1949	60
1950	64
1951	58
1952	69
1953	63
1954	59
1955	71
1956	76
1957	61
1958	68
1959	49
1960	50
1961	52
1962	38
1963	48
1964	56
1965	42
1966	36
1967	43
1968	34
1969	35
1970	45
1971	29
1972	18
1973	37
1974	34
1975	30
1976	33
1977	40
1978	40
1979	31
1980	27
1981	31
1982	26
1983	24
1984	38
1985	26
1986	30
1987	20
1988	23
1989	18
1990	28
1991	20
1992	27
1993	19
1994	12
1995	14
1996	13
1997	13
1998	19
1999	15
2000	11
2001	12
2002	16
2003	10
2004	7
2005	8
2006	17
2008	6
2009	12
2011	5
2016	6
2017	5
2023	6

Carleton through the decades

Carleton peaked in 1923, when 103 babies were named Carleton in the US.
Over the last 10 years of data (2003–2023), use of Carleton has fallen 43% compared to the 10 years before that.

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