# Carleton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/carleton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɑɹ(ə)ltən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,839 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,839 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 19 | 3,721 |
| 1999 | 15 | 4,568 |
| 2000 | 11 | 5,971 |
| 2001 | 12 | 5,724 |
| 2002 | 16 | 4,733 |
| 2003 | 10 | 6,802 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9,085 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8,410 |
| 2006 | 17 | 5,105 |
| 2008 | 6 | 11,285 |
| 2009 | 12 | 6,870 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,588 |
| 2016 | 6 | 10,966 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,601 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,059 |

## People named Carleton

- Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, American medical researcher
- Carleton S. Coon, American anthropologist
- Carleton Carpenter, actor, magician, dancer, writer
- Carleton Watkins, American photographer (1829–1916)
- Carleton Young, American character actor (1905–1994)
- Carleton Roy Ball, American botanist (1873-1958)
- Carleton Washburne, American superintendent of schools (1889-1968)
- Carleton Rea, English mycologist, botanist, and naturalist (1861-1946)
- Carly Fiorina, American businesswoman and politician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.