Carleton
Carleton is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Carleton
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Carleton is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Carleton
The earliest SSA record of Carleton as a baby boy name dates back to 1880, when 8 babies received it. 1923 was its biggest year on record, with 103 newborns named Carleton — #631 in the national rankings. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2023 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 5K Carletons have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Carleton
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About the name Carleton
Carleton is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Carleton's peak popularity came in 1923 when it ranked #631. Use the chart and map above to compare Carleton's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.