# Carlton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/carlton/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 49,167 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 48,890 / 277 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 485, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 16 | 3,481 |
| 1970 | 10 | 5,097 |
| 1971 | 6 | 7,491 |
| 1974 | 5 | 8,943 |
| 1976 | 5 | 9,476 |
| 1980 | 8 | 7,513 |
| 1981 | 5 | 10,638 |
| 1984 | 6 | 9,294 |
| 1986 | 8 | 7,857 |
| 1987 | 7 | 8,910 |
| 1992 | 8 | 9,616 |
| 1993 | 6 | 12,019 |
| 1994 | 6 | 12,024 |
| 1995 | 5 | 13,771 |
| 1996 | 5 | 13,873 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 102 | 1,547 |
| 2012 | 100 | 1,577 |
| 2013 | 87 | 1,698 |
| 2014 | 88 | 1,714 |
| 2015 | 99 | 1,617 |
| 2016 | 82 | 1,831 |
| 2017 | 72 | 1,978 |
| 2018 | 64 | 2,174 |
| 2019 | 69 | 2,090 |
| 2020 | 61 | 2,241 |
| 2021 | 55 | 2,443 |
| 2022 | 37 | 3,222 |
| 2023 | 48 | 2,702 |
| 2024 | 46 | 2,797 |
| 2025 | 43 | 2,893 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 1,303 |
| 2012 | 27 | 1,021 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,539 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,223 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 25 | 1,123 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,546 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## People named Carlton

- Carlton Cole, English footballer (born 1983)
- Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American athlete, inventor, and businessman (1884-1961)
- Carlton Cuse, American television producer and screenwriter (born 1959)
- Carlton Palmer, English association football player and manager (born 1965)
- Carlton Chambers, Canadian sprinter
- Carlton Fisk, American baseball player
- Carlton Ogawa, Canadian rower (1934–2006)
- Carlton Morris, English association football player (born 1995)
- Timothy Carlton, British actor
- Carlton J. H. Hayes, American diplomat, academic, educator
- Lloyd Carlton Stearman, American aviation businessman (1898–1975)
- Carlton R. Sickles, American politician (1921-2004)

## 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.