first name
CARLTON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 27,700 people named Carlton, 49.3% reported their origin as Black, 43.5% as White and 3.2% as two or more races. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Carlton peaked in 1957, when 962 babies got the name.
At least 49,167 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Carlton by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #508. The largest share of babies named Carlton, 29.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Carlton is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Carlton has been most common in District of Columbia (4.3×), Virginia (3.5×), and Georgia (3.2×), and least common in Washington (0.07×).
43,731 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 Carlton
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Carlton, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Carlton ranks #1,739 of 156,621, with 20,083 people. See Carlton as a last name
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