# Carlos (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/carlos/  
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 | Portuguese |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɑɹ.loʊs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 309,076 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 307,036 / 2,040 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,318, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Carlos. Doublet of Carl, Charles, and Karl.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17 | 6,261 |
| 2001 | 22 | 5,222 |
| 2002 | 20 | 5,711 |
| 2003 | 16 | 6,947 |
| 2004 | 16 | 7,144 |
| 2005 | 14 | 7,977 |
| 2006 | 13 | 8,822 |
| 2007 | 6 | 15,860 |
| 2008 | 6 | 15,775 |
| 2010 | 9 | 11,443 |
| 2011 | 5 | 17,285 |
| 2012 | 7 | 13,773 |
| 2018 | 10 | 9,967 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15,768 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15,648 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4,182 | 91 |
| 2012 | 4,010 | 95 |
| 2013 | 3,684 | 106 |
| 2014 | 3,424 | 118 |
| 2015 | 3,421 | 118 |
| 2016 | 3,204 | 129 |
| 2017 | 3,075 | 134 |
| 2018 | 2,864 | 138 |
| 2019 | 2,846 | 134 |
| 2020 | 2,480 | 149 |
| 2021 | 2,506 | 151 |
| 2022 | 2,594 | 147 |
| 2023 | 2,557 | 139 |
| 2024 | 2,626 | 135 |
| 2025 | 2,418 | 150 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 58 | 594 |
| 2012 | 49 | 682 |
| 2013 | 47 | 692 |
| 2014 | 41 | 765 |
| 2015 | 43 | 753 |
| 2016 | 52 | 672 |
| 2017 | 35 | 888 |
| 2018 | 50 | 690 |
| 2019 | 31 | 929 |
| 2020 | 30 | 944 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1,218 |
| 2022 | 25 | 1,104 |
| 2023 | 31 | 965 |
| 2024 | 32 | 968 |
| 2025 | 28 | 1,066 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: كَارْلُوس
- Chinese: 卡洛斯
- Hindi: कार्लोस
- Japanese: カルロス
- Portuguese: Carlos
- Russian: Карлос
- Spanish: Carlos
- Tagalog: Carlos
- Ukrainian: Карлос

## People named Carlos

- Carlos Alazraqui, American actor
- Carlos Santana, American guitarist
- Carlos Tevez, Argentine footballer (born 1984)
- Carlos Menem, Argentinean president between 1989 and 1999
- William Carlos Williams, American poet (1883-1963)
- Carlos Mencia, American stand-up comedian (born 1967)
- Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer
- Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine politician (1878-1959)
- Carlos Queiroz, Entrenador del seleccionado Chupamonda
- Carlos Alberto Parreira, Brazilian football manager
- Carlos Bacca, Colombian association football player
- Carlos Kameni, Cameroonian footballer (born 1984)

## 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.