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Carlos name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Carlos ranks #150 in male records (2,418 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
No published 2025 observation. A missing observation is not zero.
2025 male rank and count
#150 · 2,418 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 208 male records (2,626 to 2,418); rank moved from #135 to #150.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 88 male records (2,506 to 2,418); rank moved from #151 to #150.
Peak year in available data
2016: 3,204 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Carlos becoming more popular?

Carlos's reported male count decreased by 208 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #135 to #150. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

The 2025 file has no published female observation for Carlos. That is not a count of zero.

Carlos in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for CarlosFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.3,2040201620252018: 10 female records2022: 5 female records2023: 5 female records2016: 3,204 male records2017: 3,075 male records2018: 2,864 male records2019: 2,846 male records2020: 2,480 male records2021: 2,506 male records2022: 2,594 male records2023: 2,557 male records2024: 2,626 male records2025: 2,418 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025——2,418150
2024——2,626135
2023515,6482,557139
2022515,7682,594147
2021——2,506151
2020——2,480149
2019——2,846134
2018109,9672,864138
2017——3,075134
2016——3,204129

Questions about Carlos’s popularity

How common is Carlos in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Carlos ranks #150 in male records (2,418 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Carlos?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Carlos only.

Can I compare this name with my partner?

Use Save or Maybe above to start a device shortlist. Create separate accounts and connect them to see each other’s saved names and maybes. Both saving Carlos creates a match.

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