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Carlos

Boys' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~275,900 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#150 among boys
Births in 2025
2,418 309,076 since 1880
Typical age
30 years, median

Carlos popularity over time

Carlos rank by birth year, 1880–2025Carlos ranked #425 in 1880 and #150 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #59, in 1999.#100#150best #59 in 199918901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Carlos was used most in 2001, when 6,864 babies were given the name. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. It has held a top-100 place in 43 separate years.

As of 2025 the name sits at #150, with 2,418 births that year. Over ten years the count has fallen 29%. Year on year the rank dropped by 15.

Babies named Carlos per yearPeaks at 6,864 births in 2001.6,864 in 2001018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Carlos?

An estimated 275,900 living Americans are called Carlos. SSA has recorded 309,076 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Carlos?

Median age among living Carloss: 30. More of them were born in the 2000s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Carlos a millennial-era name.

Your Carlos

Ages of living people named CarlosHalf of living Carloss are older than 30 and half younger.median 30020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Carlos is most common

Carlos is 2.8× as common in New Mexico as it is nationally. Arizona, Texas and Nevada follow.

Where Carlos is used more than average5 states use the name Carlos more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: 1.9× the national rateNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.9× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: 2.7× the national rateAZNew Mexico: 2.8× the national rateNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: 2.3× the national rateTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Carlos is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Mexico 280 2.8×
Arizona 1,330 2.7×
Texas 6,213 2.3×
Nevada 339 1.9×
California 5,539 1.9×

Carlos in England and Wales

ONS recorded 28 births named Carlos in 2025, ranking it #1,066.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Carlos comes from

Borrowed from pt,es Carlos. Doublet of Carl, Charles, Karl.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Carlos

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Carlos Alazraqui American actor, comedian, voice actor, and singer 1962 88
Carlos Fuentes Mexican writer 1928–2012 81
Carlos Slim Mexican business magnate and investor 1940 80
Carlos Santana American guitarist 1947 76
Carlos Tevez Argentine association football player 1984 76
Carlos Menem Argentinean president between 1989 and 1999 1930–2021 73
Carlos Castaneda Peruvian-American author 1925–1998 65
Carlos Alcaraz Spanish tennis player 2003 64
Photo credits (7)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Carlos

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

Same feel, less common

The same matches, limited to names given at most half as often as Carlos was in 2025.

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