Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Carlos

#120 most common boys' name of all time · #251 across all names · 99% boys / 1% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#120
Rank overall
#251 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
309,076
Since 2016
27,190
Peak year
2001 #59
Best rank
#59 1999
Girls Boys peak 6,864/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Carlos is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 2,418 2,418 #150
2024 — 2,626 2,626 #135
2023 5 2,557 2,562 #139
2022 5 2,594 2,599 #147
2021 — 2,506 2,506 #151
2020 — 2,480 2,480 #149
2019 — 2,846 2,846 #134
2018 10 2,864 2,874 #138
2017 — 3,075 3,075 #134
2016 — 3,204 3,204 #129
2015 — 3,421 3,421 #118
2014 — 3,424 3,424 #119
2013 — 3,684 3,684 #106
2012 7 4,010 4,017 #95
2011 5 4,182 4,187 #91
2010 9 4,591 4,600 #89
2009 — 5,379 5,379 #79
2008 6 6,054 6,060 #73
2007 6 6,420 6,426 #70
2006 13 6,549 6,562 #70
2005 14 6,563 6,577 #70
2004 16 6,260 6,276 #71
2003 16 6,218 6,234 #66
2002 20 6,592 6,612 #65
2001 22 6,842 6,864 #59
2000 17 6,322 6,339 #66
1999 18 6,665 6,683 #59
1998 16 5,481 5,497 #69
1997 20 5,463 5,483 #67
1996 26 5,464 5,490 #67
1995 21 5,545 5,566 #68
1994 25 5,329 5,354 #72
1993 35 5,353 5,388 #72
1992 31 5,342 5,373 #69
1991 40 5,330 5,370 #72
1990 44 5,213 5,257 #75
1989 45 4,638 4,683 #77
1988 53 4,127 4,180 #80
1987 42 4,149 4,191 #74
1986 57 4,090 4,147 #76
1985 30 4,089 4,119 #74
1984 42 3,964 4,006 #74
1983 41 3,912 3,953 #75
1982 51 4,268 4,319 #71
1981 38 4,185 4,223 #71
1980 48 4,084 4,132 #78
1979 45 4,165 4,210 #73
1978 48 3,729 3,777 #78
1977 51 3,795 3,846 #74
1976 40 3,787 3,827 #70
1975 51 3,793 3,844 #73
1974 47 3,871 3,918 #71
1973 42 3,569 3,611 #74
1972 37 3,434 3,471 #84
1971 45 3,426 3,471 #89
1970 28 3,380 3,408 #98
1969 32 2,891 2,923 #110
1968 31 2,497 2,528 #121
1967 24 2,298 2,322 #129
1966 29 2,159 2,188 #138
1965 29 2,131 2,160 #144
1964 24 2,195 2,219 #150
1963 21 2,112 2,133 #156
1962 20 2,119 2,139 #157
1961 29 2,001 2,030 #164
1960 29 1,993 2,022 #167
1959 17 1,947 1,964 #162
1958 19 1,904 1,923 #165
1957 18 1,787 1,805 #173
1956 22 1,796 1,818 #166
1955 19 1,703 1,722 #166
1954 16 1,611 1,627 #173
1953 11 1,393 1,404 #181
1952 16 1,258 1,274 #189
1951 22 1,233 1,255 #189
1950 15 1,189 1,204 #188
1949 13 1,135 1,148 #184
1948 13 1,027 1,040 #193
1947 7 1,032 1,039 #197
1946 11 867 878 #199
1945 17 719 736 #200
1944 10 689 699 #211
1943 10 698 708 #211
1942 — 660 660 #221
1941 7 614 621 #216
1940 10 659 669 #201
1939 9 579 588 #212
1938 15 583 598 #210
1937 12 531 543 #225
1936 7 536 543 #217
1935 6 559 565 #214
1934 10 559 569 #217
1933 9 563 572 #208
1932 14 520 534 #231
1931 8 545 553 #224
1930 11 578 589 #223
1929 13 557 570 #228
1928 — 583 583 #224
1927 8 544 552 #242
1926 9 496 505 #250
1925 6 471 477 #261
1924 — 452 452 #269
1923 7 427 434 #274
1922 6 441 447 #270
1921 6 393 399 #283
1920 10 421 431 #268
1919 — 312 312 #314
1918 — 348 348 #295
1917 — 298 298 #309
1916 — 234 234 #352
1915 — 273 273 #309
1914 — 210 210 #313
1913 5 160 165 #318
1912 — 124 124 #341
1911 — 69 69 #329
1910 — 82 82 #273
1909 — 60 60 #295
1908 — 56 56 #291
1907 — 74 74 #241
1906 — 50 50 #284
1905 — 58 58 #261
1904 — 38 38 #325
1903 — 41 41 #294
1902 — 37 37 #323
1901 — 38 38 #282
1900 — 37 37 #360
1899 — 36 36 #292
1898 — 30 30 #356
1897 — 28 28 #356
1896 — 30 30 #354
1895 — 20 20 #442
1894 — 25 25 #374
1893 — 26 26 #356
1892 — 24 24 #388
1891 — 16 16 #446
1890 — 17 17 #443
1889 — 25 25 #357
1888 — 29 29 #348
1887 — 20 20 #372
1886 — 16 16 #455
1885 — 28 28 #325
1884 — 13 13 #522
1883 — 22 22 #369
1882 — 20 20 #409
1881 — 19 19 #390
1880 — 17 17 #429