Karlton

Boy · recorded 1913–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1991best year

Most popular in 1991.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Karlton.

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Its story

Popularity since 1913

0122319131941196919962024

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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 97 recorded years as a table
Karlton, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191310
19156
19166
19216
19226
19235
19244
19255
19266
19317
19326
19336
19345
19356
19366
19375
19395
194111
19424
19457
19468
19473
19485
19495
19506
19515
19525
19534
195410
19556
195611
195710
195811
195911
19609
196113
196213
196310
196414
196512
196619
196712
196812
196911
197014
197115
197213
197310
197421
197520
197611
197713
197810
197920
198012
19819
198213
19839
198413
198512
198614
198714
198818
198917
199015
199123
199216
199317
199417
199515
19965
199710
19988
19995
20008
200111
20028
20037
20046
20056
20065
20076
20083
20094
20104
20115
20125
20134
20144
20156
20164
20174
20193
20204
20213
20224
20244

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Karlton 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 2024
7
Rank in 2024
#9,894
How rare
1 in 246,126 boys
Since 1913
1,529

Karlton was last recorded in 2024. 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 1991, at 23 per million boys born.

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

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