Carlo Boy
How popular is Carlo?
#867 boy name in 2025
276 baby boys were named Carlo in the US in 2025, making it the 867th most popular boy name.
Carlo popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #867 for boys (▲ 49 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 276 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+92% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,252 in 2015, #1,325 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (276 boys) |
| Highest rank | #470 in 1923 |
| First recorded | 1894 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Carlo counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Carlo family of names ranked #760 for boys in 2025 (#802 the year before), with 306 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Carlo | 276 | 90% |
| Karlo | 30 | 10% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Carlo is most popular
Babies named Carlo per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.3 per 1,000 (60 boys)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (219 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.2 per 1,000 (61 boys)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (77 boys)
- Arizona: 0.2 per 1,000 (29 boys)
Carlo by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1900s | 64 | #712 |
| 1910s | 865 | #472 |
| 1920s | 1,413 | #470 |
| 1930s | 955 | #516 |
| 1940s | 711 | #678 |
| 1950s | 877 | #715 |
| 1960s | 1,259 | #623 |
| 1970s | 1,965 | #519 |
| 1980s | 1,544 | #650 |
| 1990s | 1,474 | #829 |
| 2000s | 1,908 | #834 |
| 2010s | 1,678 | #998 |
| 2020s | 1,202 | #867 |
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Questions
- Is Carlo a boy or girl name?
- Carlo is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Carlo were boys.
- How popular is the name Carlo?
- 276 baby boys were named Carlo in the US in 2025, making it the 867th most popular boy name.
- When was Carlo most popular?
- Carlo peaked in 2025, when 276 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #470 in 1923.
- How many people are named Carlo?
- 16,000 babies have been named Carlo in the US since 1880. We estimate about 11,665 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 34.
- Where is Carlo most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Carlo was most common in New Jersey, at 0.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.