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How popular is the name Carlos?
Births per year, rank history and how many Carloses are alive today.
Carlos (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1066th in 2025 and given to 28 babies. The name peaked in 2003, when 65 babies were given the name, the 401st most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2011, with 58 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2003; the 2025 figure is roughly 43% of its peak.
The Carlos you are most likely to meet is around 20 years old. Half of all Carloses born in England and Wales are between 12 and 27, and there are at least 1,500 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Carlos - on average, only one in every 202 such rooms contains a Carlos.
How many babies are named Carlos each year?
Where does Carlos rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Carlos most popular?
Carlos peaked in 2003, when 65 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Carlos?
At least 1,500 people named Carlos born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Carlos?
Most living Carloses are between 12 and 27; the most common age is about 20.
Is Carlos becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.