Karlo Boy
How popular is Karlo?
#3,657 boy name in 2025
30 baby boys were named Karlo in the US in 2025, making it the 3657th most popular boy name.
Karlo popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,657 for boys (▼ 265 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 30 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+100% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,742 in 2015, #5,037 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2010 (39 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,708 in 1985 |
| First recorded | 1959 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Karlo 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 Karlo is most popular
Babies named Karlo per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (18 boys)
Karlo by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1960s | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1970s | 82 | #2,797 |
| 1980s | 115 | #2,708 |
| 1990s | 148 | #2,993 |
| 2000s | 272 | #2,989 |
| 2010s | 254 | #2,957 |
| 2020s | 178 | #3,392 |
Boy names about as popular as Karlo
Questions
- Is Karlo a boy or girl name?
- Karlo is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Karlo were boys.
- How popular is the name Karlo?
- 30 baby boys were named Karlo in the US in 2025, making it the 3657th most popular boy name.
- When was Karlo most popular?
- Karlo peaked in 2010, when 39 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,708 in 1985.
- How many people are named Karlo?
- 1,061 babies have been named Karlo in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,034 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Karlo most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Karlo was most common in California, at 0.0 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.