Carlo

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Carlo: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Carlo: Recorded since 1973, with a gap of 13 years, it reached #299 in 2003, and it stood at #432 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
38times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#299highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Carlo's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#784
1997	#874
1998	#761
1999	#840
2000	#794
2001	#686
2002	#781
2003	#731
2004	#875
2005	#788
2006	#984
2007	#902
2008	#916
2009	#1099
2010	#1109
2011	#1251
2012	#1119
2013	#1086
2014	#1093
2015	#1046
2016	#1022
2017	#1068
2018	#1040
2019	#908
2020	#1230
2021	#1078
2022	#1143
2023	#1108
2024	#1282

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 6 of the 52 years from 1973 to 2024.

In 2024: #432 among boys in Scotland, #582 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1282 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1973–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #320 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2003–2007
Highest recorded position: #299 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 2003–2007).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1282 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Carlo appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 709 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1973.

Carlo across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Carlo's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#320 (1973)	#316 (1976)	#582 (2024)	6 of 52	21 (1973–2024)	5 (2024)
England and Wales · Boys	#784 (1996)	#686 (2001)	#1282 (2024)	29 of 29	709 (1996–2024)	32 (2019)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#299 (2003)	#299 (2003)	#357 (2007)	2 of 5	6 (2003–2007)	3 (2003)

Carlo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Carlo in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	76	4 of 10	19
2000sbusiest	257	10 of 10	26
2010s	258	10 of 10	26
2020s	118	5 of 10	24

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 26 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Carlo appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1973 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #299 in Northern Ireland in 2003.

Carlo's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1282	21	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1108	26	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1143	24	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1078	26	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1230	21	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#908	32	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1040	27	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1068	27	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1022	28	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1046	27	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1093	25	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1086	24	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1119	24	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1251	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1109	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1099	23	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#916	29	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#902	28	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#984	23	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#788	30	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#875	24	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#731	29	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#781	24	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#686	26	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#794	21	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#840	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#761	21	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#874	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#784	19	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#299	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#582	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#316	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#432	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1973 and 2024, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #299, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 32 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 51 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Carlie · #344, 24y
Carlito · #2174, 19y
Carlos · #83, 76y
Carlota · #2341, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Giovanni · #299, 31y
Annabella · #296, 29y
Shae · #303, 29y
Tate · #295, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Ailin · #298, 52y
Aiveen · #298, 9y
Annmarie · #298, 45y
Leeanne · #297, 24y

Carlo was ranked #299 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2003. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Carlo and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Carlo without appearing here.

Carlo moved ahead of

Calum Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1230 and #1192 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1078 and #1984.
Barry Compare
In 2004 they stood at #875 and #815 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #788 and #1617.
Graeme Compare
In 1997 they stood at #874 and #874 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #761 and #1367.
Ross Compare
In 2019 they stood at #908 and #894 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1230 and #1723.

Moved ahead of Carlo

Cillian Compare
In 2008 they stood at #916 and #987 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1099 and #760.
Hunter Compare
In 2008 they stood at #916 and #1085 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1099 and #848.
Mathias Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1086 and #1247 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1093 and #889.
Lachlan Compare
In 1996 they stood at #784 and #1040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #874 and #678.

Moved the opposite way to Carlo

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Carlo went from #784 to #1282 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Carlo went from #784 to #1282 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Carlo went from #784 to #1282 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Carlo went from #784 to #1282 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Carlo

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Carlo went from #784 to #1282 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Carlo went from #784 to #1282 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Carlo went from #784 to #1282 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Carlo went from #784 to #1282 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1973 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #299 in Northern Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Carlo

Carlo at a glance

What stands out in Carlo's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Carlo across 3 official records

Carlo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Carlo appears in

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Carlo at a glance

What stands out in Carlo's record

Carlo across 3 official records

Carlo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Carlo appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Carlo

Carlo and the names beside it

Carlo moved ahead of

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