Carlos Boy
How popular is Carlos?
#150 boy name in 2025
2,418 baby boys were named Carlos in the US in 2025, making it the 150th most popular boy name.
Carlos popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #150 for boys (▼ 15 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,418 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-29% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #118 in 2015, #149 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2001 (6,842 boys) |
| Highest rank | #59 in 1999 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Carlos counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Carlos family of names ranked #166 for boys in 2025 (#143 the year before), with 2,439 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Carlos | 2,418 | 99% |
| Karlos | 21 | 1% |
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 Carlos is most popular
Babies named Carlos per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 3.9 per 1,000 (128 boys)
- Arizona: 3.8 per 1,000 (615 boys)
- Texas: 3.3 per 1,000 (2,950 boys)
- California: 2.6 per 1,000 (2,393 boys)
- District of Columbia: 2.5 per 1,000 (37 boys)
Carlos by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 209 | #318 |
| 1890s | 252 | #289 |
| 1900s | 489 | #239 |
| 1910s | 2,110 | #270 |
| 1920s | 4,785 | #224 |
| 1930s | 5,553 | #208 |
| 1940s | 8,100 | #184 |
| 1950s | 15,821 | #162 |
| 1960s | 22,396 | #110 |
| 1970s | 36,949 | #70 |
| 1980s | 41,506 | #71 |
| 1990s | 55,185 | #59 |
| 2000s | 63,199 | #59 |
| 2010s | 35,301 | #89 |
| 2020s | 15,181 | #135 |
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Questions
- Is Carlos a boy or girl name?
- Carlos is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Carlos were boys.
- How popular is the name Carlos?
- 2,418 baby boys were named Carlos in the US in 2025, making it the 150th most popular boy name.
- When was Carlos most popular?
- Carlos peaked in 2001, when 6,842 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #59, held for 2 years starting in 1999.
- How many people are named Carlos?
- 309,076 babies have been named Carlos in the US since 1880. We estimate about 275,214 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 31.
- Where is Carlos most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Carlos was most common in New Mexico, at 3.9 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.