Carlon
Carlon is a given name and surname. Notable people referred to by this name include the following:
Meaning & Origin of Carlon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Carlon is a given name and surname. Notable people referred to by this name include the following:
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The Story of Carlon
As a girl name
American parents first put Carlon on the record books as a girl name in 1938, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1948, when 14 Carlons were born — ranking #2,701 that year. About 42% of every Carlon on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Carlon last appeared in the published SSA data in 1971, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 187 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Carlon first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1921, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1973: 19 births, good for #2,124 nationwide. Carlon last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 863 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Carlon
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About the name Carlon
Carlon is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1921 and has accumulated 863 births in the dataset. Carlon's peak popularity came in 1973 when it ranked #2,124. Use the chart and map above to compare Carlon'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 .
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