Carlos
Top 1000
About Carlos
Carlos is the Spanish and Portuguese variation of Charles, which has been used in solid numbers in the US for as long as data has been kept. Carlos has never fallen out of the Top 600, but peaked from the 70s-early 2000s. Today Carlos is still within the Top 200. Notable namesakes include musician Santana, writers Fuentes and Castaneda, and numerous athletes. Carlos Irwin Estevez is the birth name of Charlie Sheen.
Pronounced KAR-los.
As of October 2026, Carlos ranked #150 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #59 in 1999, Nameberry popularity #537.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #118 | 3,424 | 1,782.5 |
| 2015 | #117 | 3,421 | 1,784.8 |
| 2016 | #129 | 3,204 | 1,688.3 |
| 2017 | #134 | 3,075 | 1,661.3 |
| 2018 | #137 | 2,864 | 1,577 |
| 2019 | #134 | 2,845 | 1,585.7 |
| 2020 | #149 | 2,479 | 1,436.2 |
| 2021 | #152 | 2,504 | 1,431.3 |
| 2022 | #147 | 2,593 | 1,485.1 |
| 2023 | #139 | 2,556 | 1,494.2 |
| 2024 | #135 | 2,614 | 1,517.2 |
| 2025 | #150 | 2,418 | 1,415.6 |
World rankings
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Carlos on lists
Famous Carloss
- Carlos Santana
Mexican,American rock musician
- Carlos Moyá (Llompart)
Spanish tennis player
- Carlos Saúl Menem
former president of Argentina
- Carlos Roberto Pena
American actor and singer
- Carlos Irwin Estevez
birth name of actor Charlie Sheen
- Carlos Fuentes (Macias)
Mexican novelist
- Carlos Alberto Martínez Tevez
Argentine footballer
- Carlos Manuel Bocanegra
American soccer player
- Carlos César Salvador Arana Castaneda
American author
- Carlos Dunlap
American football player
- Carlos Cornelius Rogers
American football player
- Carlos Felipe Peña
Dominican,American baseball player
- Carlos "Charlie" Checa
Spanish motorcycle racer
- Carlos Alberto Reutemann
Argentine racing driver
- Carlos Austin Boozer
American basketball player
- Carlos Alberto Berlocq
Argentine tennis player
- Carlos Saura (Atarés)
Spanish film director
- William Carlos Williams
American poet
- Carlos Andres Betancur
son of road racing cyclist Carlos Betancur
- Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Spanish best,selling author
- Carlos David Valdes
Colombian,American actor and singer
- Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Brazilian poet and writer
- Carlos Andrés Sanchez
Uruguayan footballer
- Carlos Henrique Casimiro
Brazilian footballer
- Carlos Bacca
Colombian professional footballer
- Carlos Bustamante
television presenter and reporter
- Carlos Narvaez
Venezuelan MLB catcher
Carlos in pop culture
- Carlos Garcia
character on "Big Time Rush" played by Carlos Pena
- Carlos Oliveira
character from the game series "Resident Evil"
- Carlos "Ranger" Mansos
bounty hunter in Stephanie Plum series
- Carlos the Scientist
character from the podcast "Welcome to Night Vale"
- Carlos Sandoval
character on TV show "Walker, Texas Ranger"
- Carlos Castillo
character in telenovela "Destinos"
- Juan Carlos "Juice" Ortiz
character on TV's "Sons of Anarchy"
- Dom Carlos
character in "Dom Juan" by Moliere
- Carlos
son of Cruella de Vil in Disney's "Descendants"
- Carlos
character in "Saint's Row 2"
- Carlos Ramon
character in the kids TV show "The Magic School Bus"
- Carlos Marlon
the Third Prince of the Kingdom of Marlon, and lover of Banica Conchita in the Evillious Chronicles.