Carlon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAR-lon
- Origin
- Germanic
Carlon is a boys' name of Germanic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Carlon come from?
Germanic: probably from Carl with the -on ending, or a variant of Carlton
Is Carlon a girl's or a boy's name?
Carlon is a boys' name.
How popular is Carlon in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1973, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the boys named Carlon in the US since 1880 were born between 1945 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carlon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,122 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,216 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,209 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,189 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,072 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,366 |
| 1950 | 12 | #2,206 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 13 | #1,925 |
| 1944 | 15 | #1,809 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,144 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,333 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,081 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,818 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,913 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
Names like Carlon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
William, Charles, Ramon, Robert, Byron, Richard, Calvin, Conrad, Raymond, Nelson, Kevin, Clayton
Names related to Carlon
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice
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, “Carlon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carlon, updated 20 October 2026.