Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Carlton

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

Endangered Down 95.3% from peak

Peak era

1957

Peak rank proxy

955

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19572024

Peak year

1957

Decline from peak

95.3%

2024

All-time

48,847

Carlton once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1957, when 955 boys were named Carlton.

In 2024, only 45 boys were given the name.

Down 95.3% from its peak.

All told, about 48,847 Americans have been named Carlton and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.3% from peak

1957955 boys named Carlton

202445 boys named Carlton

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