Carlos is a very popular boys' name that peaked in 2001 and has grown less common since.
Carlos is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #150 for boy births in the United States (and #275 across all names), given to 2,418 babies — 2,459 including U.S. territories. Carlos first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2001 (6,842 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,418 | 2,459 | — | #150 |
| 2024 | 2,626 | 2,668 | — | #135 |
| 2023 | 2,562 | 2,596 | #15,648 | #139 |
| 2022 | 2,599 | 2,637 | #15,768 | #147 |
| 2021 | 2,506 | 2,575 | — | #151 |
| 2020 | 2,480 | 2,540 | — | #149 |
| 2019 | 2,846 | 2,909 | — | #134 |
| 2018 | 2,874 | 2,956 | #9,967 | #138 |
| 2017 | 3,075 | 3,155 | — | #134 |
| 2016 | 3,204 | 3,319 | — | #129 |
| 2015 | 3,421 | 3,560 | — | #118 |
| 2014 | 3,424 | 3,587 | — | #118 |
| 2013 | 3,684 | 3,885 | — | #106 |
| 2012 | 4,017 | 4,239 | #13,773 | #95 |
| 2011 | 4,187 | 4,447 | #17,285 | #91 |
| 2010 | 4,600 | 4,885 | #11,443 | #89 |
| 2009 | 5,379 | 5,736 | — | #79 |
| 2008 | 6,060 | 6,468 | #15,775 | #73 |
| 2007 | 6,426 | 6,816 | #15,860 | #70 |
| 2006 | 6,562 | 7,056 | #8,822 | #70 |
| 2005 | 6,577 | 7,121 | #7,977 | #70 |
| 2004 | 6,276 | 6,800 | #7,144 | #71 |
| 2003 | 6,234 | 6,798 | #6,947 | #66 |
| 2002 | 6,612 | 7,222 | #5,711 | #65 |
| 2001 | 6,864 | 7,605 | #5,222 | #59 |
| 2000 | 6,339 | 7,072 | #6,261 | #66 |
| 1999 | 6,683 | 7,432 | #5,704 | #59 |
| 1998 | 5,497 | 6,354 | #6,114 | #69 |
| 1997 | 5,483 | — | #5,051 | #67 |
| 1996 | 5,490 | — | #4,078 | #67 |
| 1995 | 5,566 | — | #4,699 | #68 |
| 1994 | 5,354 | — | #4,137 | #72 |
| 1993 | 5,388 | — | #3,230 | #72 |
| 1992 | 5,373 | — | #3,510 | #69 |
| 1991 | 5,370 | — | #2,895 | #72 |
| 1990 | 5,257 | — | #2,650 | #75 |
| 1989 | 4,683 | — | #2,531 | #77 |
| 1988 | 4,180 | — | #2,159 | #80 |
| 1987 | 4,191 | — | #2,442 | #74 |
| 1986 | 4,147 | — | #1,933 | #76 |
| 1985 | 4,119 | — | #3,020 | #74 |
| 1984 | 4,006 | — | #2,307 | #74 |
| 1983 | 3,953 | — | #2,315 | #75 |
| 1982 | 4,319 | — | #2,029 | #71 |
| 1981 | 4,223 | — | #2,494 | #71 |
| 1980 | 4,132 | — | #2,132 | #78 |
| 1979 | 4,210 | — | #2,190 | #73 |
| 1978 | 3,777 | — | #1,990 | #78 |
| 1977 | 3,846 | — | #1,926 | #74 |
| 1976 | 3,827 | — | #2,140 | #70 |
| 1975 | 3,844 | — | #1,810 | #73 |
| 1974 | 3,918 | — | #1,851 | #71 |
| 1973 | 3,611 | — | #1,944 | #74 |
| 1972 | 3,471 | — | #2,102 | #84 |
| 1971 | 3,471 | — | #1,911 | #88 |
| 1970 | 3,408 | — | #2,587 | #98 |
| 1969 | 2,923 | — | #2,258 | #110 |
| 1968 | 2,528 | — | #2,169 | #121 |
| 1967 | 2,322 | — | #2,500 | #129 |
| 1966 | 2,188 | — | #2,196 | #138 |
| 1965 | 2,160 | — | #2,211 | #144 |
| 1964 | 2,219 | — | #2,537 | #150 |
| 1963 | 2,133 | — | #2,714 | #156 |
| 1962 | 2,139 | — | #2,742 | #157 |
| 1961 | 2,030 | — | #2,201 | #164 |
| 1960 | 2,022 | — | #2,156 | #167 |
| 1959 | 1,964 | — | #2,881 | #162 |
| 1958 | 1,923 | — | #2,676 | #165 |
| 1957 | 1,805 | — | #2,737 | #173 |
| 1956 | 1,818 | — | #2,398 | #166 |
| 1955 | 1,722 | — | #2,557 | #166 |
| 1954 | 1,627 | — | #2,789 | #173 |
| 1953 | 1,404 | — | #3,508 | #181 |
| 1952 | 1,274 | — | #2,683 | #188 |
| 1951 | 1,255 | — | #2,127 | #189 |
| 1950 | 1,204 | — | #2,675 | #188 |
| 1949 | 1,148 | — | #2,863 | #184 |
| 1948 | 1,040 | — | #2,848 | #193 |
| 1947 | 1,039 | — | #4,410 | #197 |
| 1946 | 878 | — | #3,053 | #199 |
| 1945 | 736 | — | #2,076 | #200 |
| 1944 | 699 | — | #2,969 | #211 |
| 1943 | 708 | — | #3,068 | #211 |
| 1942 | 660 | — | — | #221 |
| 1941 | 621 | — | #3,615 | #216 |
| 1940 | 669 | — | #2,761 | #201 |
| 1939 | 588 | — | #2,950 | #212 |
| 1938 | 598 | — | #2,124 | #210 |
| 1937 | 543 | — | #2,468 | #225 |
| 1936 | 543 | — | #3,418 | #217 |
| 1935 | 565 | — | #3,813 | #214 |
| 1934 | 569 | — | #2,766 | #217 |
| 1933 | 572 | — | #2,903 | #208 |
| 1932 | 534 | — | #2,253 | #231 |
| 1931 | 553 | — | #3,264 | #224 |
| 1930 | 589 | — | #2,710 | #222 |
| 1929 | 570 | — | #2,458 | #228 |
| 1928 | 583 | — | — | #224 |
| 1927 | 552 | — | #3,592 | #242 |
| 1926 | 505 | — | #3,295 | #250 |
| 1925 | 477 | — | #4,513 | #261 |
| 1924 | 452 | — | — | #269 |
| 1923 | 434 | — | #4,031 | #274 |
| 1922 | 447 | — | #4,531 | #270 |
| 1921 | 399 | — | #4,556 | #283 |
| 1920 | 431 | — | #3,139 | #267 |
| 1919 | 312 | — | — | #314 |
| 1918 | 348 | — | — | #295 |
| 1917 | 298 | — | — | #309 |
| 1916 | 234 | — | — | #352 |
| 1915 | 273 | — | — | #309 |
| 1914 | 210 | — | — | #313 |
| 1913 | 165 | — | #3,256 | #317 |
| 1912 | 124 | — | — | #341 |
| 1911 | 69 | — | — | #330 |
| 1910 | 82 | — | — | #271 |
| 1909 | 60 | — | — | #292 |
| 1908 | 56 | — | — | #291 |
| 1907 | 74 | — | — | #239 |
| 1906 | 50 | — | — | #283 |
| 1905 | 58 | — | — | #260 |
| 1904 | 38 | — | — | #322 |
| 1903 | 41 | — | — | #295 |
| 1902 | 37 | — | — | #319 |
| 1901 | 38 | — | — | #277 |
| 1900 | 37 | — | — | #360 |
| 1899 | 36 | — | — | #290 |
| 1898 | 30 | — | — | #350 |
| 1897 | 28 | — | — | #353 |
| 1896 | 30 | — | — | #352 |
| 1895 | 20 | — | — | #440 |
| 1894 | 25 | — | — | #368 |
| 1893 | 26 | — | — | #350 |
| 1892 | 24 | — | — | #385 |
| 1891 | 16 | — | — | #443 |
| 1890 | 17 | — | — | #439 |
| 1889 | 25 | — | — | #351 |
| 1888 | 29 | — | — | #343 |
| 1887 | 20 | — | — | #367 |
| 1886 | 16 | — | — | #456 |
| 1885 | 28 | — | — | #318 |
| 1884 | 13 | — | — | #524 |
| 1883 | 22 | — | — | #359 |
| 1882 | 20 | — | — | #400 |
| 1881 | 19 | — | — | #390 |
| 1880 | 17 | — | — | #428 |