first name
CARLO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,842 people named Carlo, 41.8% reported their origin as White, 34.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 13.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Carlo peaked in 2025, when 276 babies got the name.
At least 16,000 babies have been given the name since 1894. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Carlo by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #1,119. The largest share of babies named Carlo, 18.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Carlo is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Carlo has been most common in New York (3.2×), New Jersey (2.9×), and Rhode Island (2.7×), and least common in Virginia (0.2×).
11,860 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Carlo
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Carlo, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Carlo ranks #9,010 of 156,621, with 3,485 people. See Carlo as a last name
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