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Carlton Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Carlton?

Ranking 2,179th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Carlton is rare.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Carlton has seen higher popularity rankings.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #217 in 1937.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1957 with 956 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Carlton in any given year was 13 in 1887.

Approximately during the years 1885-1889, 1890-1894, 1897-1900, 1907-1916, 1944-1947, and 1950-1954, the name Carlton took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas clearly downward trends happened around 2005-2009, and 2015-2017.

Currently, the name is at a very low point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Carlton be?

Carlton's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Carlton has dropped.

The name Carlton is quite distinctive and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Carlton has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Carlton (Girl)Carlton (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 63 2,179
2017 < 5 -- 71 1,999
2016 < 5 -- 80 1,860
2015 < 5 -- 99 1,615
2014 < 5 -- 85 1,765
2013 < 5 -- 87 1,697
2012 < 5 -- 100 1,575
2011 < 5 -- 102 1,545
2010 < 5 -- 122 1,376
2009 < 5 -- 114 1,458
2008 < 5 -- 128 1,343
2007 < 5 -- 146 1,204
2006 < 5 -- 143 1,174
2005 < 5 -- 180 968
2004 < 5 -- 137 1,143
2003 < 5 -- 154 1,024
2002 < 5 -- 175 916
2001 < 5 -- 208 806
2000 < 5 -- 225 750
1999 < 5 -- 224 729
1998 < 5 -- 246 687
1997 < 5 -- 269 631
1996 5 13,869 284 615
1995 5 13,769 328 566
1994 6 12,021 356 546
1993 6 12,018 396 516
1992 8 9,613 437 480
1991 < 5 -- 469 455
1990 < 5 -- 529 425
1989 < 5 -- 478 431
1988 < 5 -- 381 467
1987 7 8,907 352 474
1986 8 7,855 376 449
1985 < 5 -- 378 438
1984 6 9,288 367 438
1983 < 5 -- 383 418
1982 < 5 -- 444 383
1981 5 10,633 391 420
1980 8 7,509 441 390
1979 < 5 -- 469 369
1978 < 5 -- 436 368
1977 < 5 -- 465 365
1976 5 9,472 396 389
1975 < 5 -- 497 344
1974 5 8,938 450 363
1973 < 5 -- 478 350
1972 < 5 -- 464 363
1971 6 7,488 595 317
1970 10 5,094 584 327
1969 16 3,482 510 351
1968 7 5,693 602 305
1967 < 5 -- 612 297
1966 7 5,328 649 293
1965 6 5,885 640 296
1964 7 5,545 776 279
1963 < 5 -- 762 280
1962 < 5 -- 816 268
1961 7 5,358 770 280
1960 9 4,484 847 275
1959 8 4,675 811 278
1958 7 4,945 889 260
1957 7 4,966 956 246
1956 5 6,057 908 242
1955 < 5 -- 871 238
1954 5 5,842 835 240
1953 6 5,109 718 259
1952 < 5 -- 696 260
1951 8 4,062 666 259
1950 < 5 -- 569 278
1949 < 5 -- 584 282
1948 5 5,329 547 294
1947 < 5 -- 637 267
1946 10 3,248 542 277
1945 < 5 -- 500 262
1944 6 4,126 485 270
1943 7 3,852 548 257
1942 < 5 -- 516 260
1941 < 5 -- 510 246
1940 5 4,449 492 244
1939 < 5 -- 494 236
1938 < 5 -- 536 223
1937 < 5 -- 548 217
1936 6 3,757 484 234
1935 < 5 -- 490 239
1934 < 5 -- 479 239
1933 < 5 -- 490 234
1932 5 4,504 525 228
1931 < 5 -- 503 232
1930 6 4,104 471 258
1929 5 4,662 502 246
1928 < 5 -- 551 234
1927 < 5 -- 483 263
1926 5 4,950 483 255
1925 6 4,514 448 270
1924 < 5 -- 430 275
1923 5 5,068 450 265
1922 5 5,125 447 267
1921 < 5 -- 480 259
1920 6 4,471 440 260
1919 < 5 -- 397 266
1918 < 5 -- 432 258
1917 < 5 -- 388 258
1916 < 5 -- 395 251
1915 < 5 -- 349 257
1914 < 5 -- 283 258
1913 < 5 -- 198 275
1912 < 5 -- 201 248
1911 < 5 -- 108 247
1910 < 5 -- 89 257
1909 < 5 -- 61 290
1908 < 5 -- 48 317
1907 < 5 -- 49 304
1906 < 5 -- 49 287
1905 < 5 -- 48 286
1904 < 5 -- 47 276
1903 < 5 -- 33 330
1902 < 5 -- 37 320
1901 < 5 -- 41 267
1900 < 5 -- 38 355
1899 < 5 -- 31 316
1898 < 5 -- 31 348
1897 < 5 -- 28 354
1896 < 5 -- 31 340
1895 < 5 -- 27 361
1894 < 5 -- 30 323
1893 < 5 -- 21 392
1892 < 5 -- 21 415
1891 < 5 -- 22 365
1890 < 5 -- 17 440
1889 < 5 -- 29 322
1888 < 5 -- 19 431
1887 < 5 -- 13 494
1886 < 5 -- 22 369
1885 < 5 -- 18 424
1884 < 5 -- 20 401
1883 < 5 -- 19 405
1882 < 5 -- 21 391
1881 < 5 -- 16 432
1880 < 5 -- 13 507

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.