Carleton

Boy · recorded 1880–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1891best year

Most popular in 1891.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

06913818801916195219872023

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 129 recorded years as a table
Carleton, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188072
188270
188348
188452
188583
188850
189063
1891138
189290
189371
189469
189585
189650
189798
189865
189956
190080
190175
190249
190367
190494
1905106
190660
190748
190891
190979
191067
191197
191288
191380
191478
1915110
191698
191771
191890
191982
192070
192174
192284
192394
192487
192572
192668
192762
192875
192966
193059
193163
193266
193356
193457
193563
193661
193761
193850
193952
194053
194150
194256
194341
194452
194542
194629
194731
194828
194934
195036
195131
195236
195332
195429
195534
195636
195728
195832
195923
196023
196124
196218
196324
196428
196523
196620
196725
196820
196920
197024
197116
197211
197324
197422
197519
197621
197724
197824
197918
198015
198117
198214
198313
198421
198514
198616
198711
198812
19899
199014
199110
199214
199310
19946
19957
19967
19977
199810
19998
20006
20016
20028
20035
20044
20054
20068
20083
20096
20113
20163
20173
20234

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Carleton isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023
6
Rank in 2023
#10,821
How rare
1 in 285,096 boys
Since 1880
4,839

Carleton was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1891, at 138 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Carleton doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.