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Carlito

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Carlito is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 17 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
170.00% of boys
Peak year
200692 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1964
1,331people given the name
Babies named Carlito, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,331 boys have been named Carlito in the United States since 1964, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 92 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2000s alone account for 36%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Carlito
1960s27
1970s48
1980s42
1990s218
2000s475
2010s440
2020s81

In 2006, its biggest year

Carlito was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2006 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Ethan and Matthew. See all of 2006.

Names that rose and fell with Carlito

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.