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Carlos

Pronounced /ˈkɑɹ.loʊs/

Rank in 2024
#135
Born in 2024
2,614
Peak year
2001 · #59
Origin
Portuguese
Also recorded for girls:0 in 2024

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 2,614 boys were named Carlos, about 1 in every 656.
  • It peaked in 2001 with 6,842 babies, ranked #59.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 304,581 boys have been named Carlos since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Carlos per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.4
    Greatest
  2. 0.5
    Silent
  3. 0.8
    Boomers
  4. 1.9
    Gen X
  5. 2.5
    Millennials
  6. 3.0
    Gen Z
  7. 1.6
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 6,207 babies, 0.37 per 1,000. Silent: 10,732 babies, 0.52 per 1,000. Boomers: 30,300 babies, 0.81 per 1,000. Gen X: 53,007 babies, 1.95 per 1,000. Millennials: 74,991 babies, 2.46 per 1,000. Gen Z: 93,584 babies, 2.98 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 35,262 babies, 1.62 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Carlos. Doublet of Carl, Charles, and Karl. ==== Proper noun ==== Carlos A male given name from Portuguese or from Spanish [in turn from Latin, in turn from the Germanic languages], equivalent to English Charles, Carl, or Karl. ===== Related terms ===== Carlo Carl ===== Translations =====

  • A male given name from Portuguese or from Spanish [in turn from Latin, in turn from the Germanic languages], equivalent to English Charles, Carl, or Karl.
Origin
Portuguese
Say it
/ˈkɑɹ.loʊs/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Carlos, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Charles

    Rank
    #51
    Born '24
    5,593
    Origin
    Germanic
    1880peak 19472024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Karlos

    Rank
    #4,778
    Born '24
    21
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20052024