Carlos

Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Meaning

Carlos is a masculine given name, and is the Maltese, Portuguese and Spanish variant of the English name Charles, from the North Germanic Carl.

From Wikipedia

Carlos first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2001 with 6,842 babies (rank #59 that year). In 2024 it was given to 2,614 boys (rank #135). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Carlos

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

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
7Soul urgeThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
7PersonalityThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

306,621

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

6,842

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Carlos

Carlos Alazraquitelevision editor · b. 1962
Carlos Fuentesprose writer · b. 1928
Carlos Slimcivil engineer · b. 1940
Carlos Tevezassociation football player · b. 1984
Carlos Santanajazz guitarist · b. 1947

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	17	#428
1881	19	#390
1882	20	#400
1883	22	#359
1884	13	#524
1885	28	#318
1886	16	#456
1887	20	#367
1888	29	#343
1889	25	#351
1890	17	#439
1891	16	#443
1892	24	#385
1893	26	#350
1894	25	#368
1895	20	#440
1896	30	#352
1897	28	#353
1898	30	#350
1899	36	#290
1900	37	#360
1901	38	#277
1902	37	#319
1903	41	#295
1904	38	#322
1905	58	#260
1906	50	#283
1907	74	#239
1908	56	#291
1909	60	#292
1910	82	#271
1911	69	#330
1912	124	#341
1913	160	#317
1914	210	#313
1915	273	#309
1916	234	#352
1917	298	#309
1918	348	#295
1919	312	#314
1920	421	#267
1921	393	#283
1922	441	#270
1923	427	#274
1924	452	#269
1925	471	#261
1926	496	#250
1927	544	#242
1928	583	#224
1929	557	#228
1930	578	#222
1931	545	#224
1932	520	#231
1933	563	#208
1934	559	#217
1935	559	#214
1936	536	#217
1937	531	#225
1938	583	#210
1939	579	#212
1940	659	#201
1941	614	#216
1942	660	#221
1943	698	#211
1944	689	#211
1945	719	#200
1946	867	#199
1947	1,032	#197
1948	1,027	#193
1949	1,135	#184
1950	1,189	#188
1951	1,233	#189
1952	1,258	#188
1953	1,393	#181
1954	1,611	#173
1955	1,702	#166
1956	1,795	#166
1957	1,788	#173
1958	1,903	#165
1959	1,950	#162
1960	1,992	#167
1961	2,000	#164
1962	2,120	#157
1963	2,111	#156
1964	2,194	#150
1965	2,131	#144
1966	2,160	#138
1967	2,297	#129
1968	2,495	#121
1969	2,891	#110
1970	3,380	#98
1971	3,426	#88
1972	3,436	#84
1973	3,568	#74
1974	3,871	#71
1975	3,792	#73
1976	3,787	#70
1977	3,794	#74
1978	3,729	#78
1979	4,165	#73
1980	4,085	#77
1981	4,182	#71
1982	4,269	#71
1983	3,912	#75
1984	3,965	#74
1985	4,089	#74
1986	4,089	#76
1987	4,148	#74
1988	4,127	#80
1989	4,637	#77
1990	5,213	#75
1991	5,330	#72
1992	5,341	#69
1993	5,352	#72
1994	5,328	#72
1995	5,545	#68
1996	5,464	#67
1997	5,462	#67
1998	5,480	#69
1999	6,664	#59
2000	6,322	#66
2001	6,842	#59
2002	6,592	#65
2003	6,218	#66
2004	6,260	#71
2005	6,562	#70
2006	6,549	#70
2007	6,420	#70
2008	6,052	#73
2009	5,379	#79
2010	4,591	#89
2011	4,182	#91
2012	4,009	#95
2013	3,683	#106
2014	3,424	#118
2015	3,421	#117
2016	3,204	#129
2017	3,075	#134
2018	2,864	#137
2019	2,845	#134
2020	2,479	#149
2021	2,504	#152
2022	2,593	#147
2023	2,556	#139
2024	2,614	#135