Carleton

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Carleton is a given name.

From Wikipedia

Carleton first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 129 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1923 with 103 babies (rank #632 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Carleton

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Carleton yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

7Destiny numberThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
3Soul urgeThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
22PersonalityThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

4,839

Total babies (all years)

129

Years in the data

103

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	8	#690
1882	8	#713
1883	5	#916
1884	6	#870
1885	9	#653
1888	6	#938
1890	7	#819
1891	14	#479
1892	11	#647
1893	8	#777
1894	8	#797
1895	10	#697
1896	6	#1,001
1897	11	#655
1898	8	#815
1899	6	#953
1900	12	#751
1901	8	#788
1902	6	#1,029
1903	8	#854
1904	12	#690
1905	14	#638
1906	8	#940
1907	7	#1,115
1908	14	#715
1909	13	#810
1910	13	#876
1911	22	#673
1912	38	#693
1913	41	#722
1914	51	#737
1915	93	#592
1916	87	#627
1917	66	#775
1918	91	#645
1919	80	#695
1920	75	#763
1921	82	#729
1922	91	#680
1923	103	#632
1924	99	#644
1925	80	#723
1926	76	#731
1927	70	#788
1928	83	#696
1929	71	#753
1930	65	#804
1931	66	#768
1932	69	#757
1933	56	#828
1934	59	#810
1935	66	#758
1936	63	#769
1937	65	#758
1938	55	#836
1939	58	#801
1940	61	#794
1941	62	#799
1942	77	#733
1943	59	#870
1944	71	#736
1945	56	#838
1946	47	#985
1947	56	#939
1948	50	#991
1949	60	#887
1950	64	#852
1951	58	#922
1952	69	#841
1953	63	#903
1954	59	#964
1955	71	#874
1956	76	#861
1957	61	#971
1958	68	#917
1959	49	#1,104
1960	50	#1,100
1961	52	#1,080
1962	38	#1,259
1963	48	#1,103
1964	56	#1,008
1965	42	#1,166
1966	36	#1,262
1967	43	#1,134
1968	34	#1,316
1969	35	#1,355
1970	45	#1,238
1971	29	#1,639
1972	18	#2,167
1973	37	#1,377
1974	34	#1,501
1975	30	#1,664
1976	33	#1,616
1977	40	#1,454
1978	40	#1,474
1979	31	#1,792
1980	27	#2,009
1981	31	#1,816
1982	26	#2,062
1983	24	#2,147
1984	38	#1,582
1985	26	#2,125
1986	30	#1,963
1987	20	#2,648
1988	23	#2,525
1989	18	#3,223
1990	28	#2,442
1991	20	#3,124
1992	27	#2,603
1993	19	#3,385
1994	12	#4,834
1995	14	#4,308
1996	13	#4,646
1997	13	#4,700
1998	19	#3,721
1999	15	#4,568
2000	11	#5,971
2001	12	#5,724
2002	16	#4,733
2003	10	#6,801
2004	7	#9,084
2005	8	#8,410
2006	17	#5,105
2008	6	#11,284
2009	12	#6,868
2011	5	#12,586
2016	6	#10,965
2017	5	#12,597
2023	6	#11,048