Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Carlos

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Carlos
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2001

Peak rank proxy

6,842

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 20012024

Peak year

2001

Decline from peak

61.8%

2024

2,614

All-time

304,581

Carlos has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2001, when 6,842 boys were named Carlos.

In 2024, only 2,614 boys were given the name.

Down 61.8% from its peak.

All told, about 304,581 Americans have been named Carlos and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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