Carleton is an uncommon variant of Carlton that peaked in 1923 and has since faded.
Carleton is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2023. Carleton was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1923 (103 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | #11,059 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | #12,601 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | #10,966 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | #12,588 |
| 2009 | 12 | 12 | #6,870 |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | #11,285 |
| 2006 | 17 | 17 | #5,105 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 | #8,410 |
| 2004 | 7 | 7 | #9,085 |
| 2003 | 10 | 10 | #6,802 |
| 2002 | 16 | 16 | #4,733 |
| 2001 | 12 | 12 | #5,724 |
| 2000 | 11 | 11 | #5,971 |
| 1999 | 15 | 15 | #4,568 |
| 1998 | 19 | 19 | #3,721 |
| 1997 | 13 | — | #4,700 |
| 1996 | 13 | — | #4,646 |
| 1995 | 14 | — | #4,309 |
| 1994 | 12 | — | #4,835 |
| 1993 | 19 | — | #3,385 |
| 1992 | 27 | — | #2,603 |
| 1991 | 20 | — | #3,124 |
| 1990 | 28 | — | #2,442 |
| 1989 | 18 | — | #3,223 |
| 1988 | 23 | — | #2,525 |
| 1987 | 20 | — | #2,648 |
| 1986 | 30 | — | #1,963 |
| 1985 | 26 | — | #2,125 |
| 1984 | 38 | — | #1,582 |
| 1983 | 24 | — | #2,147 |
| 1982 | 26 | — | #2,062 |
| 1981 | 31 | — | #1,816 |
| 1980 | 27 | — | #2,009 |
| 1979 | 31 | — | #1,791 |
| 1978 | 40 | — | #1,475 |
| 1977 | 40 | — | #1,455 |
| 1976 | 33 | — | #1,616 |
| 1975 | 30 | — | #1,665 |
| 1974 | 34 | — | #1,501 |
| 1973 | 37 | — | #1,377 |
| 1972 | 18 | — | #2,167 |
| 1971 | 29 | — | #1,640 |
| 1970 | 45 | — | #1,238 |
| 1969 | 35 | — | #1,355 |
| 1968 | 34 | — | #1,317 |
| 1967 | 43 | — | #1,134 |
| 1966 | 36 | — | #1,262 |
| 1965 | 42 | — | #1,166 |
| 1964 | 56 | — | #1,007 |
| 1963 | 48 | — | #1,102 |
| 1962 | 38 | — | #1,259 |
| 1961 | 52 | — | #1,080 |
| 1960 | 50 | — | #1,101 |
| 1959 | 49 | — | #1,104 |
| 1958 | 68 | — | #917 |
| 1957 | 61 | — | #971 |
| 1956 | 76 | — | #861 |
| 1955 | 71 | — | #874 |
| 1954 | 59 | — | #963 |
| 1953 | 63 | — | #903 |
| 1952 | 69 | — | #841 |
| 1951 | 58 | — | #922 |
| 1950 | 64 | — | #852 |
| 1949 | 60 | — | #887 |
| 1948 | 50 | — | #991 |
| 1947 | 56 | — | #939 |
| 1946 | 47 | — | #984 |
| 1945 | 56 | — | #838 |
| 1944 | 71 | — | #736 |
| 1943 | 59 | — | #870 |
| 1942 | 77 | — | #733 |
| 1941 | 62 | — | #799 |
| 1940 | 61 | — | #794 |
| 1939 | 58 | — | #801 |
| 1938 | 55 | — | #836 |
| 1937 | 65 | — | #758 |
| 1936 | 63 | — | #769 |
| 1935 | 66 | — | #758 |
| 1934 | 59 | — | #810 |
| 1933 | 56 | — | #828 |
| 1932 | 69 | — | #757 |
| 1931 | 66 | — | #768 |
| 1930 | 65 | — | #804 |
| 1929 | 71 | — | #753 |
| 1928 | 83 | — | #696 |
| 1927 | 70 | — | #788 |
| 1926 | 76 | — | #731 |
| 1925 | 80 | — | #723 |
| 1924 | 99 | — | #644 |
| 1923 | 103 | — | #632 |
| 1922 | 91 | — | #680 |
| 1921 | 82 | — | #729 |
| 1920 | 75 | — | #763 |
| 1919 | 80 | — | #695 |
| 1918 | 91 | — | #645 |
| 1917 | 66 | — | #775 |
| 1916 | 87 | — | #627 |
| 1915 | 93 | — | #592 |
| 1914 | 51 | — | #737 |
| 1913 | 41 | — | #722 |
| 1912 | 38 | — | #693 |
| 1911 | 22 | — | #673 |
| 1910 | 13 | — | #876 |
| 1909 | 13 | — | #810 |
| 1908 | 14 | — | #715 |
| 1907 | 7 | — | #1,115 |
| 1906 | 8 | — | #940 |
| 1905 | 14 | — | #638 |
| 1904 | 12 | — | #690 |
| 1903 | 8 | — | #854 |
| 1902 | 6 | — | #1,029 |
| 1901 | 8 | — | #788 |
| 1900 | 12 | — | #751 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | #953 |
| 1898 | 8 | — | #815 |
| 1897 | 11 | — | #655 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | #1,001 |
| 1895 | 10 | — | #697 |
| 1894 | 8 | — | #797 |
| 1893 | 8 | — | #777 |
| 1892 | 11 | — | #647 |
| 1891 | 14 | — | #479 |
| 1890 | 7 | — | #819 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | #938 |
| 1885 | 9 | — | #653 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | #870 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | #916 |
| 1882 | 8 | — | #713 |
| 1880 | 8 | — | #690 |