Carleton
Boy · KARL-ton · English
Carleton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “settlement of free peasants”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Carleton mean?
English: English surname from place names
“settlement of free peasants”
From English place names joining Old English ceorl, 'free peasant', and tun, 'settlement'.
- Say it
- KARL-ton
Is Carleton a girl's or a boy's name?
Carleton is a boys' name.
How popular is Carleton in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1923, with 103 boys.
Half of all the boys named Carleton in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1962, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carleton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,593 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 28 | #2,427 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 30 | #1,960 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 38 | #1,580 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,139 |
| 1982 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,810 |
| 1980 | 27 | #2,003 |
| 1979 | 31 | #1,788 |
| 1978 | 40 | #1,474 |
| 1977 | 40 | #1,450 |
| 1976 | 33 | #1,607 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,657 |
| 1974 | 34 | #1,501 |
| 1973 | 37 | #1,376 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,158 |
| 1971 | 29 | #1,636 |
| 1970 | 45 | #1,238 |
| 1969 | 35 | #1,351 |
| 1968 | 34 | #1,314 |
| 1967 | 43 | #1,132 |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,258 |
| 1965 | 42 | #1,163 |
| 1964 | 56 | #1,006 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,099 |
| 1962 | 38 | #1,258 |
| 1961 | 52 | #1,077 |
| 1960 | 50 | #1,097 |
| 1959 | 49 | #1,100 |
| 1958 | 68 | #914 |
| 1957 | 61 | #970 |
| 1956 | 76 | #859 |
| 1955 | 71 | #873 |
| 1954 | 59 | #962 |
| 1953 | 63 | #902 |
| 1952 | 69 | #839 |
| 1951 | 58 | #918 |
| 1950 | 64 | #849 |
| 1949 | 60 | #884 |
| 1948 | 50 | #988 |
| 1947 | 56 | #937 |
| 1946 | 47 | #980 |
| 1945 | 56 | #837 |
| 1944 | 71 | #735 |
| 1943 | 59 | #869 |
| 1942 | 77 | #732 |
| 1941 | 62 | #798 |
| 1940 | 61 | #792 |
| 1939 | 58 | #800 |
| 1938 | 55 | #834 |
| 1937 | 65 | #757 |
| 1936 | 63 | #767 |
| 1935 | 66 | #757 |
| 1934 | 59 | #808 |
| 1933 | 56 | #824 |
| 1932 | 69 | #756 |
| 1931 | 66 | #768 |
| 1930 | 65 | #802 |
| 1929 | 71 | #752 |
| 1928 | 83 | #694 |
| 1927 | 70 | #786 |
| 1926 | 76 | #731 |
| 1925 | 80 | #723 |
| 1924 | 99 | #642 |
| 1923 | 103 | #631 |
| 1922 | 91 | #678 |
| 1921 | 82 | #729 |
| 1920 | 75 | #763 |
| 1919 | 80 | #695 |
| 1918 | 91 | #645 |
| 1917 | 66 | #773 |
| 1916 | 87 | #627 |
| 1915 | 93 | #589 |
| 1914 | 51 | #734 |
| 1913 | 41 | #720 |
| 1912 | 38 | #692 |
| 1911 | 22 | #667 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 13 | #804 |
| 1908 | 14 | #712 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1906 | 8 | #926 |
| 1905 | 14 | #636 |
| 1904 | 12 | #686 |
| 1903 | 8 | #846 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 8 | #778 |
| 1900 | 12 | #742 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 11 | #652 |
| 1896 | 6 | #981 |
| 1895 | 10 | #685 |
| 1894 | 8 | #786 |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 11 | #640 |
| 1891 | 14 | #476 |
| 1890 | 7 | #814 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 9 | #641 |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
| 1882 | 8 | #691 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 8 | #682 |
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