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Decarlo

Boy · duh-KAR-loh · Germanic

Decarlo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Decarlo mean?

Germanic: from the Italian surname De Carlo 'of Carlo'; Carlo is the Italian form of Charles

“free man”

From the Italian surname De Carlo, meaning of Carlo; Carlo is the Italian form of Charles.

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duh-KAR-loh

Is Decarlo a girl's or a boy's name?

Decarlo is a boys' name.

How popular is Decarlo in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1978, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1953.

Half of all the boys named Decarlo in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.

1953Busiest: 26 in 19782021
Decarlo in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20215#12,141
20205#12,016
20190–
20180–
20176#10,770
20165#12,180
20150–
20145#12,102
20137#9,650
20128#8,858
20110–
201011#7,081
200910#7,687
20080–
20070–
200610#7,422
20059#7,633
20048#8,137
20037#8,636
200210#6,515
200110#6,438
200011#5,913
199917#4,157
199816#4,193
199718#3,733
199621#3,287
199511#5,118
199411#5,103
199314#4,220
199215#3,912
199115#3,806
19906#7,171
198914#3,803
198813#3,700
198712#3,726
198612#3,649
198515#3,067
198413#3,268
198313#3,229
198216#2,830
198115#2,896
198019#2,535
197917#2,668
197826#1,913
197718#2,458
197618#2,416
197519#2,287
197422#1,983
197315#2,511
197220#2,020
197110#3,144
19709#3,280
19696#3,934
19688#3,106
19679#2,759
19666#3,535
19650–
19646#3,600
19637#3,317
19620–
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19536#3,423

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