Carlito
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kar-LEE-toh
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Carlito is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Carlito mean?
Germanic: Spanish diminutive of Carlos (Charles)
“free man”
Familiar from the 1993 crime film Carlito's Way, with Al Pacino as Puerto Rican ex-con Carlito Brigante.
Is Carlito a girl's or a boy's name?
Carlito is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carlito in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Carlito in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carlito in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Carlito in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Carlito, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 92 boys. It first appears in the records in 1964.
2025 had more boys named Carlito than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Carlito in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carlito in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 34 | #3,344 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,053 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,310 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,058 |
| 2015 | 45 | #2,683 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,152 |
| 2013 | 49 | #2,490 |
| 2012 | 43 | #2,771 |
| 2011 | 46 | #2,625 |
| 2010 | 50 | #2,466 |
| 2009 | 55 | #2,347 |
| 2008 | 64 | #2,124 |
| 2007 | 77 | #1,861 |
| 2006 | 92 | #1,583 |
| 2005 | 51 | #2,293 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,018 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1999 | 26 | #3,099 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 39 | #2,198 |
| 1996 | 33 | #2,375 |
| 1995 | 35 | #2,248 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,613 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
Names like Carlito
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Hugo Leonardo Cooper Milo Diego Nico Rio Enzo Lorenzo Santiago Romeo
More Germanic names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Carlito: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carlito, updated 20 October 2026.