Karlo
Karlo is a Croatian, Basque, and Esperanto masculine given name as well as a Slovene masculine given name that serves as a Slovene diminutive form of Karel.
- Croatian
- Slovene
- Georgian
Meaning & Origin of Karlo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Karlo is a Croatian, Basque, and Esperanto masculine given name as well as a Slovene masculine given name that serves as a Slovene diminutive form of Karel.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Croatian
- Slovene
- Georgian
The Story of Karlo
The earliest SSA record of Karlo as a baby boy name dates back to 1959, when 6 babies received it. 2010 was its biggest year on record, with 39 newborns named Karlo — #2,958 in the national rankings. About 25% of every Karlo on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Karlo ranks #3,135 for baby boys with 39 births, rising sharply (+56% over the past five years). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Karlo
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Karlo. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Karlo
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About the name Karlo
Karlo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1959 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Karlo's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #2,710. Use the chart and map above to compare Karlo'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.