Carlitos
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kar-LEE-tohs
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Carlitos is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Carlitos mean?
Germanic: Spanish pet form of Carlos (Charles)
“free man”
Spanish diminutive of Carlos, the Spanish form of Charles.
Is Carlitos a girl's or a boy's name?
Carlitos is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carlitos in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Carlitos, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the boys named Carlitos in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carlitos in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
Names like Carlitos
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rodrigo Luca Cristian Cooper Maximus Juancarlos Diego Luis Josias Josiah Cassius Elias
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
Sources
Figures from 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, “Carlitos: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carlitos, updated 20 October 2026.