Karlo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAR-lo
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Karlo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Karlo mean?
Germanic: spelling of Carlo; Italian form of Charles
“free man”
The Italian form of Charles, borne by St Carlo Borromeo, the 16th-century Archbishop of Milan.
Meaning borrowed from Carlo. More on Wiktionary.
Is Karlo a girl's or a boy's name?
Karlo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Karlo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Karlo, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Karlo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 42 boys in the UK were given Karlo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #758, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
- Carlo 34
- Karlo 8
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Karlo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Karlo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,657among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Karlo, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1959.
2025 had fewer boys named Karlo than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Karlo in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 306 boys in the US were given Karlo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #758, up from #3,657 for this spelling alone.
- Carlo 276
- Karlo 30
Karlo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 34 | #3,392 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 31 | #3,579 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 29 | #3,604 |
| 2010 | 39 | #2,957 |
| 2009 | 33 | #3,330 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 33 | #3,225 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 32 | #2,989 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
Names like Karlo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hugo Enzo Nico Milo Leonardo Noah Lando Hunter Caleb Hudson Myles Theo
Other spellings of Karlo
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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, “Karlo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karlo, updated 20 October 2026.