Carlos
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
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.
Carlos is also given to girls.
Pronounced KAR-los.
As of October 2026, Carlos ranked #150 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #59 in 1999, Nameberry popularity #537.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #118 | 3,424 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #117 | 3,421 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #129 | 3,204 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #134 | 3,075 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #137 | 2,864 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #134 | 2,845 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #149 | 2,479 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #152 | 2,504 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #147 | 2,593 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #139 | 2,556 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #135 | 2,614 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #150 | 2,418 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Carlos for boys
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Carlos on lists
Famous Carloss
- Carlos SantanaBoy
Mexican,American rock musician
- Carlos Moyá (Llompart)Boy
Spanish tennis player
- Carlos Saúl MenemBoy
former president of Argentina
- Carlos Roberto PenaBoy
American actor and singer
- Carlos Irwin EstevezBoy
birth name of actor Charlie Sheen
- Carlos Fuentes (Macias)Boy
Mexican novelist
- Carlos Alberto Martínez TevezBoy
Argentine footballer
- Carlos Manuel BocanegraBoy
American soccer player
- Carlos César Salvador Arana CastanedaBoy
American author
- Carlos DunlapBoy
American football player
- Carlos Cornelius RogersBoy
American football player
- Carlos Felipe PeñaBoy
Dominican,American baseball player
- Carlos "Charlie" ChecaBoy
Spanish motorcycle racer
- Carlos Alberto ReutemannBoy
Argentine racing driver
- Carlos Austin BoozerBoy
American basketball player
- Carlos Alberto BerlocqBoy
Argentine tennis player
- Carlos Saura (Atarés)Boy
Spanish film director
- William Carlos WilliamsBoy
American poet
- Carlos Andres BetancurBoy
son of road racing cyclist Carlos Betancur
- Carlos Ruiz ZafonBoy
Spanish best,selling author
- Carlos David ValdesBoy
Colombian,American actor and singer
- Carlos Drummond de AndradeBoy
Brazilian poet and writer
- Carlos Andrés SanchezBoy
Uruguayan footballer
- Carlos Henrique CasimiroBoy
Brazilian footballer
- Carlos BaccaBoy
Colombian professional footballer
- Carlos BustamanteBoy
television presenter and reporter
- Carlos NarvaezBoy
Venezuelan MLB catcher
Carlos in pop culture
- Carlos GarciaBoy
character on "Big Time Rush" played by Carlos Pena
- Carlos OliveiraBoy
character from the game series "Resident Evil"
- Carlos "Ranger" MansosBoy
bounty hunter in Stephanie Plum series
- Carlos the ScientistBoy
character from the podcast "Welcome to Night Vale"
- Carlos SandovalBoy
character on TV show "Walker, Texas Ranger"
- Carlos CastilloBoy
character in telenovela "Destinos"
- Juan Carlos "Juice" OrtizBoy
character on TV's "Sons of Anarchy"
- Dom CarlosBoy
character in "Dom Juan" by Moliere
- CarlosBoy
son of Cruella de Vil in Disney's "Descendants"
- CarlosBoy
character in "Saint's Row 2"
- Carlos RamonBoy
character in the kids TV show "The Magic School Bus"
- Carlos MarlonBoy
the Third Prince of the Kingdom of Marlon, and lover of Banica Conchita in the Evillious Chronicles.