Masculine dossier · first seen 1913

Karlton

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1991

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1913Peak 19912024

Peak year

1991

Decline from peak

87.2%

2024

All-time

1,528

Karlton 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 1991, when 47 boys were named Karlton.

In 2024, only 6 boys were given the name.

Down 87.2% from its peak.

All told, about 1,528 Americans have been named Karlton and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1913.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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