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Carlos

maleStatistical record

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

No researched meaning or origin yet — what that means.

Pronunciation

Community-contributed pronunciation recording

A Dutch pronunciation, as its file is labelled. Recording by Marcel Coenders. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source

VerifiedSource: Wikidata.Confidence: medium.

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

England and Wales · Boys rank from 1996 to 2025, ranging from #401 to #1218.200020052010201520202025#401#1218
How to read this chart#1#500no figure publishedUp means a stronger rankBottom is this name's lowest,not zero
  • A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
  • Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
  • A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.
View as table
England and Wales · Boys rank by year
YearRank
1996#489
1997#538
1998#470
1999#434
2000#651
2001#433
2002#468
2003#401
2004#487
2005#493
2006#476
2007#519
2008#626
2009#535
2010#687
2011#594
2012#682
2013#692
2014#765
2015#753
2016#672
2017#888
2018#690
2019#929
2020#944
2021#1218
2022#1104
2023#965
2024#968
2025#1066

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 Norway in 63 of the 74 years from 1945 to 2018.

In 2025: #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1066 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #340 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Boys

  2. Highest recorded2004–2006

    Highest recorded position: #83 among boys in New Zealand, in 2004 (recorded 2004–2006).

    New Zealand · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #1066 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Boys

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #83 in New Zealand in 2004.

Carlos'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.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025England and Walesmale#106628HighVerified
2024England and Walesmale#96832HighVerified
2023England and Walesmale#96531HighVerified
2022England and Walesmale#110425HighVerified
2021England and Walesmale#121822HighVerified
2020England and Walesmale#94430HighVerified
2019England and Walesmale#92931HighVerified
2018England and Walesmale#69050HighVerified
2017England and Walesmale#88835HighVerified
2016England and Walesmale#67252HighVerified
2015England and Walesmale#75343HighVerified
2014England and Walesmale#76541HighVerified
2013England and Walesmale#69247HighVerified
2012England and Walesmale#68249HighVerified
2011England and Walesmale#59458HighVerified
2010England and Walesmale#68745HighVerified
2009England and Walesmale#53563HighVerified
2008England and Walesmale#62650HighVerified
2007England and Walesmale#51961HighVerified
2006England and Walesmale#47665HighVerified
2005England and Walesmale#49356HighVerified
2004England and Walesmale#48754HighVerified
2003England and Walesmale#40165HighVerified
2002England and Walesmale#46846HighVerified
2001England and Walesmale#43349HighVerified
2000England and Walesmale#65128HighVerified
1999England and Walesmale#43450HighVerified
1998England and Walesmale#47042HighVerified
1997England and Walesmale#53833HighVerified
1996England and Walesmale#48937HighVerified
2006New Zealandmale#9257HighVerified
2004New Zealandmale#8365HighVerified
2018Northern Irelandmale#4163HighVerified
2017Northern Irelandmale#4153HighVerified
2009Northern Irelandmale#3903HighVerified
2018Norwaymale#4167HighVerified
2017Norwaymale#4715HighVerified
2016Norwaymale#4526HighVerified
2015Norwaymale#5144HighVerified
2014Norwaymale#4128HighVerified
2013Norwaymale#5274HighVerified
2012Norwaymale#4407HighVerified
2009Norwaymale#4228HighVerified
2008Norwaymale#4019HighVerified
2007Norwaymale#36110HighVerified
2005Norwaymale#31911HighVerified
2003Norwaymale#4506HighVerified
2002Norwaymale#4665HighVerified
2000Norwaymale#33911HighVerified
1999Norwaymale#3998HighVerified
1997Norwaymale#4985HighVerified
1996Norwaymale#5085HighVerified
1995Norwaymale#4467HighVerified
1994Norwaymale#3899HighVerified
1993Norwaymale#37710HighVerified
1992Norwaymale#32014HighVerified
1991Norwaymale#34912HighVerified
1990Norwaymale#37112HighVerified
1989Norwaymale#32614HighVerified
1988Norwaymale#34313HighVerified
1987Norwaymale#28017HighVerified
1986Norwaymale#27320HighVerified
1985Norwaymale#34813HighVerified
1984Norwaymale#29717HighVerified
1983Norwaymale#34613HighVerified
1982Norwaymale#27119HighVerified
1981Norwaymale#26818HighVerified
1980Norwaymale#25321HighVerified
1979Norwaymale#37711HighVerified
1978Norwaymale#27417HighVerified
1977Norwaymale#26118HighVerified
1976Norwaymale#29315HighVerified
1975Norwaymale#26118HighVerified
1974Norwaymale#27317HighVerified
1973Norwaymale#34512HighVerified
1972Norwaymale#5126HighVerified
1971Norwaymale#30214HighVerified
1970Norwaymale#34411HighVerified
1969Norwaymale#34211HighVerified
1968Norwaymale#3819HighVerified
1967Norwaymale#33610HighVerified
1966Norwaymale#32911HighVerified
1965Norwaymale#33110HighVerified
1964Norwaymale#4107HighVerified
1963Norwaymale#26214HighVerified
1962Norwaymale#29911HighVerified
1961Norwaymale#27512HighVerified
1960Norwaymale#25214HighVerified
1959Norwaymale#22316HighVerified
1958Norwaymale#4095HighVerified
1957Norwaymale#28410HighVerified
1956Norwaymale#27710HighVerified
1955Norwaymale#3287HighVerified
1954Norwaymale#3506HighVerified
1951Norwaymale#3525HighVerified
1950Norwaymale#3236HighVerified
1949Norwaymale#25710HighVerified
1945Norwaymale#3404HighVerified
2025Republic of Irelandmale#5775HighVerified
2019Republic of Irelandmale#7643HighVerified
2018Republic of Irelandmale#5206HighVerified
2016Republic of Irelandmale#7133HighVerified
2013Republic of Irelandmale#6054HighVerified
2012Republic of Irelandmale#6164HighVerified
2011Republic of Irelandmale#6234HighVerified
2010Republic of Irelandmale#5425HighVerified
2009Republic of Irelandmale#4726HighVerified
2008Republic of Irelandmale#4726HighVerified
2007Republic of Irelandmale#4735HighVerified
2006Republic of Irelandmale#4934HighVerified
2005Republic of Irelandmale#4484HighVerified
2004Republic of Irelandmale#4394HighVerified
2003Republic of Irelandmale#4234HighVerified
1999Republic of Irelandmale#3793HighVerified
1981Republic of Irelandmale#2924HighVerified
1980Republic of Irelandmale#3213HighVerified
1978Republic of Irelandmale#2834HighVerified
1973Republic of Irelandmale#3203HighVerified
1970Republic of Irelandmale#3053HighVerified
1969Republic of Irelandmale#2704HighVerified
2024Scotlandmale#7273HighVerified

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

Where Carlos is officially recorded

6 official registrars have recorded Carlos, between 1945 and 2025, in 76 of those 81 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

NorwayNorway: recorded in 1945Norway: recorded in 1949Norway: recorded in 1950Norway: recorded in 1951Norway: recorded in 1954Norway: recorded in 1955Norway: recorded in 1956Norway: recorded in 1957Norway: recorded in 1958Norway: recorded in 1959Norway: recorded in 1960Norway: recorded in 1961Norway: recorded in 1962Norway: recorded in 1963Norway: recorded in 1964Norway: recorded in 1965Norway: recorded in 1966Norway: recorded in 1967Norway: recorded in 1968Norway: recorded in 1969Norway: recorded in 1970Norway: recorded in 1971Norway: recorded in 1972Norway: recorded in 1973Norway: recorded in 1974Norway: recorded in 1975Norway: recorded in 1976Norway: recorded in 1977Norway: recorded in 1978Norway: recorded in 1979Norway: recorded in 1980Norway: recorded in 1981Norway: recorded in 1982Norway: recorded in 1983Norway: recorded in 1984Norway: recorded in 1985Norway: recorded in 1986Norway: recorded in 1987Norway: recorded in 1988Norway: recorded in 1989Norway: recorded in 1990Norway: recorded in 1991Norway: recorded in 1992Norway: recorded in 1993Norway: recorded in 1994Norway: recorded in 1995Norway: recorded in 1996Norway: recorded in 1997Norway: recorded in 1999Norway: recorded in 2000Norway: recorded in 2002Norway: recorded in 2003Norway: recorded in 2005Norway: recorded in 2007Norway: recorded in 2008Norway: recorded in 2009Norway: recorded in 2012Norway: recorded in 2013Norway: recorded in 2014Norway: recorded in 2015Norway: recorded in 2016Norway: recorded in 2017Norway: recorded in 2018Norway: highest position in 1959Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland: recorded in 1969Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1970Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1973Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1978Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1980Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1981Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1999Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2003Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2004Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2005Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2006Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2007Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2008Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2009Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2010Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2011Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2012Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2013Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2016Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2018Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2019Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2025Republic of Ireland: highest position in 1969England and WalesEngland and Wales: recorded in 1996England and Wales: recorded in 1997England and Wales: recorded in 1998England and Wales: recorded in 1999England and Wales: recorded in 2000England and Wales: recorded in 2001England and Wales: recorded in 2002England and Wales: recorded in 2003England and Wales: recorded in 2004England and Wales: recorded in 2005England and Wales: recorded in 2006England and Wales: recorded in 2007England and Wales: recorded in 2008England and Wales: recorded in 2009England and Wales: recorded in 2010England and Wales: recorded in 2011England and Wales: recorded in 2012England and Wales: recorded in 2013England and Wales: recorded in 2014England and Wales: recorded in 2015England and Wales: recorded in 2016England and Wales: recorded in 2017England and Wales: recorded in 2018England and Wales: recorded in 2019England and Wales: recorded in 2020England and Wales: recorded in 2021England and Wales: recorded in 2022England and Wales: recorded in 2023England and Wales: recorded in 2024England and Wales: recorded in 2025England and Wales: highest position in 2003New ZealandNew Zealand: recorded in 2004New Zealand: recorded in 2006New Zealand: highest position in 2004Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland: recorded in 2009Northern Ireland: recorded in 2017Northern Ireland: recorded in 2018Northern Ireland: highest position in 2009ScotlandScotland: recorded in 2024Scotland: highest position in 202419452025
Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.
RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
Norway1945–201863#223 in 1959
Republic of Ireland1969–202522#270 in 1969
England and Wales1996–202530#401 in 2003
New Zealand2004–20062#83 in 2004
Northern Ireland2009–20183#390 in 2009
Scotland20241#727 in 2024

Its high point came 65 years earlier in Norway (1959) than in Scotland (2024).

No registrar recorded it for 3 years after 1945; it appears again in 1949.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What is known about Carlos

How to read this
How often it is registered
Official record
6 official registrars, 1945–2025.
Meaning
Not established
Not researched yet.
Origin
Not established
Not researched yet.
Pronunciation
Reported
A recorded pronunciation is available.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 6 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #83 in New Zealand in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.