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.

Karlos

#3,120 most common boys' name of all time · #7,574 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1942–2025

Rank among boys
#3,120
Rank overall
#7,574 of 105,966
First appeared
1942
Years on the list
74 of 146
All-time
2,018
Since 2016
304
Peak year
2005 #2,333
Best rank
#1,286 1974
Girls Boys peak 50/yr
1960198020002020

Karlos first appears in 1942. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 21 21 #4,733
2024 21 21 #4,738
2023 36 36 #3,306
2022 27 27 #4,013
2021 40 40 #3,036
2020 31 31 #3,517
2019 34 34 #3,371
2018 31 31 #3,547
2017 26 26 #4,025
2016 37 37 #3,125
2015 34 34 #3,314
2014 43 43 #2,767
2013 46 46 #2,602
2012 43 43 #2,787
2011 47 47 #2,605
2010 41 41 #2,887
2009 48 48 #2,595
2008 48 48 #2,599
2007 43 43 #2,785
2006 42 42 #2,754
2005 50 50 #2,333
2004 42 42 #2,578
2003 43 43 #2,441
2002 43 43 #2,381
2001 40 40 #2,446
2000 36 36 #2,589
1999 30 30 #2,822
1998 30 30 #2,739
1997 16 16 #4,102
1996 27 27 #2,777
1995 26 26 #2,789
1994 40 40 #2,061
1993 29 29 #2,545
1992 27 27 #2,625
1991 29 29 #2,433
1990 38 38 #1,988
1989 34 34 #2,086
1988 20 20 #2,803
1987 25 25 #2,310
1986 20 20 #2,637
1985 27 27 #2,092
1984 24 24 #2,206
1983 23 23 #2,245
1982 28 28 #1,972
1981 39 39 #1,567
1980 39 39 #1,560
1979 38 38 #1,555
1978 33 33 #1,675
1977 22 22 #2,168
1976 38 38 #1,463
1975 34 34 #1,550
1974 44 44 #1,286
1973 35 35 #1,456
1972 23 23 #1,907
1971 20 20 #2,099
1970 24 24 #1,841
1969 12 12 #2,648
1968 9 9 #3,040
1967 11 11 #2,585
1966 12 12 #2,430
1965 5 5 #4,252
1964 6 6 #3,909
1963 10 10 #2,817
1962 9 9 #2,993
1961 9 9 #3,055
1960 10 10 #2,834
1959 7 7 #3,538
1958 6 6 #3,867
1957 7 7 #3,494
1956 5 5 #4,326
1954 7 7 #3,413
1953 7 7 #3,384
1950 6 6 #3,640
1942 5 5 #4,028