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Karlton

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Karlton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
60.00% of boys
Peak year
199147 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1913
1,528people given the name
Babies named Karlton, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,528 boys have been named Karlton in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 47 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1978, and the 1990s alone account for 17%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Karlton
1910s15
1920s37
1930s47
1940s63
1950s162
1960s238
1970s243
1980s245
1990s256
2000s123
2010s73
2020s26

In 1991, its biggest year

Karlton was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1991 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1991.

Names that rose and fell with Karlton

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.