Carleton is a boy name with a rare feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Carleton means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Carleton across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Carleton has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Carleton is a boy name of Old English origin meaning “free peasants' settlement”. A variant of Carlton, from an English place name and surname.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 4,839 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Carleton per year, United States (1880 to 2023). United States peaked in 1923 (103/yr).
Carleton is an uncommon baby name in the United States. It was most common in 1923, when it ranked #1,328 nationally (given to 103 babies that year).
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