Carlton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KARL-ton
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,883 for boys
Carlton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “settlement of free peasants”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 2,883rd for boys in the US (43 babies).
What does Carlton mean?
English: English surname from place names
“settlement of free peasants”
From English place names joining Old English ceorl, 'free peasant', and tun, 'settlement'.
Is Carlton a girl's or a boy's name?
Carlton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 43 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carlton in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Carlton, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 40 boys.
Half of all the boys named Carlton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Carlton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,195 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,308 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,636 |
| 2012 | 27 | #1,099 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | 25 | #1,149 |
| 2009 | 28 | #1,032 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,129 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,540 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,384 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,348 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,272 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,008 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 19 | #900 |
| 1998 | 25 | #730 |
| 1997 | 30 | #625 |
| 1996 | 40 | #494 |
How popular is Carlton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,883rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 43 about 1 in 40,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 43 boys in the US were named Carlton, making it the 2,883rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,235th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 955 boys.
Half of all the boys named Carlton in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 1975, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carlton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #2,883 |
| 2024 | 46 | #2,789 |
| 2023 | 48 | #2,692 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2021 | 55 | #2,438 |
| 2020 | 61 | #2,235 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,080 |
| 2018 | 64 | #2,166 |
| 2017 | 72 | #1,977 |
| 2016 | 82 | #1,828 |
| 2015 | 99 | #1,613 |
| 2014 | 88 | #1,714 |
| 2013 | 87 | #1,694 |
| 2012 | 100 | #1,575 |
| 2011 | 102 | #1,544 |
| 2010 | 122 | #1,376 |
| 2009 | 114 | #1,459 |
| 2008 | 128 | #1,343 |
| 2007 | 146 | #1,206 |
| 2006 | 143 | #1,178 |
| 2005 | 180 | #966 |
| 2004 | 137 | #1,143 |
| 2003 | 154 | #1,023 |
| 2002 | 175 | #916 |
| 2001 | 208 | #804 |
| 2000 | 225 | #749 |
| 1999 | 224 | #728 |
| 1998 | 246 | #687 |
| 1997 | 269 | #631 |
| 1996 | 284 | #615 |
| 1995 | 328 | #565 |
| 1994 | 356 | #545 |
| 1993 | 396 | #516 |
| 1992 | 437 | #480 |
| 1991 | 469 | #455 |
| 1990 | 529 | #424 |
| 1989 | 478 | #431 |
| 1988 | 381 | #467 |
| 1987 | 352 | #474 |
| 1986 | 376 | #449 |
| 1985 | 378 | #438 |
| 1984 | 367 | #438 |
| 1983 | 383 | #418 |
| 1982 | 444 | #383 |
| 1981 | 392 | #419 |
| 1980 | 442 | #389 |
| 1979 | 469 | #368 |
| 1978 | 436 | #368 |
| 1977 | 465 | #365 |
| 1976 | 397 | #388 |
| 1975 | 496 | #345 |
| 1974 | 450 | #364 |
| 1973 | 477 | #350 |
| 1972 | 464 | #363 |
| 1971 | 595 | #317 |
| 1970 | 584 | #327 |
| 1969 | 511 | #351 |
| 1968 | 601 | #305 |
| 1967 | 613 | #297 |
| 1966 | 650 | #293 |
| 1965 | 639 | #296 |
| 1964 | 777 | #279 |
| 1963 | 762 | #280 |
| 1962 | 815 | #269 |
| 1961 | 768 | #280 |
| 1960 | 849 | #274 |
| 1959 | 813 | #278 |
| 1958 | 887 | #260 |
| 1957 | 955 | #246 |
| 1956 | 908 | #242 |
| 1955 | 874 | #238 |
| 1954 | 833 | #241 |
| 1953 | 718 | #259 |
| 1952 | 698 | #259 |
| 1951 | 665 | #259 |
| 1950 | 569 | #277 |
| 1949 | 584 | #281 |
| 1948 | 547 | #293 |
| 1947 | 637 | #267 |
| 1946 | 542 | #277 |
| 1945 | 500 | #262 |
| 1944 | 485 | #270 |
| 1943 | 548 | #257 |
| 1942 | 516 | #260 |
| 1941 | 510 | #246 |
| 1940 | 492 | #244 |
| 1939 | 494 | #236 |
| 1938 | 538 | #223 |
| 1937 | 548 | #217 |
| 1936 | 483 | #234 |
| 1935 | 491 | #239 |
| 1934 | 477 | #239 |
| 1933 | 491 | #234 |
| 1932 | 525 | #228 |
| 1931 | 503 | #232 |
| 1930 | 471 | #258 |
| 1929 | 502 | #246 |
| 1928 | 551 | #234 |
| 1927 | 483 | #262 |
| 1926 | 483 | #255 |
| 1925 | 448 | #270 |
| 1924 | 430 | #275 |
| 1923 | 450 | #265 |
| 1922 | 447 | #267 |
| 1921 | 480 | #258 |
| 1920 | 440 | #260 |
| 1919 | 397 | #266 |
| 1918 | 432 | #258 |
| 1917 | 388 | #257 |
| 1916 | 395 | #251 |
| 1915 | 349 | #257 |
| 1914 | 283 | #258 |
| 1913 | 198 | #275 |
| 1912 | 201 | #248 |
| 1911 | 108 | #247 |
| 1910 | 89 | #256 |
| 1909 | 61 | #289 |
| 1908 | 48 | #316 |
| 1907 | 49 | #304 |
| 1906 | 49 | #286 |
| 1905 | 48 | #284 |
| 1904 | 47 | #276 |
| 1903 | 33 | #330 |
| 1902 | 37 | #317 |
| 1901 | 41 | #267 |
| 1900 | 38 | #354 |
| 1899 | 31 | #315 |
| 1898 | 31 | #345 |
| 1897 | 28 | #353 |
| 1896 | 31 | #338 |
| 1895 | 27 | #358 |
| 1894 | 30 | #322 |
| 1893 | 21 | #391 |
| 1892 | 21 | #415 |
| 1891 | 22 | #364 |
| 1890 | 17 | #434 |
| 1889 | 29 | #322 |
| 1888 | 19 | #430 |
| 1887 | 13 | #488 |
| 1886 | 22 | #369 |
| 1885 | 18 | #422 |
| 1884 | 20 | #399 |
| 1883 | 19 | #402 |
| 1882 | 21 | #389 |
| 1881 | 16 | #431 |
| 1880 | 13 | #505 |
Names like Carlton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Carlton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carlton, updated 20 October 2026.