Carlo: Meaning of Baby Name Carlo

Carlo Popularity Snapshot

Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 15,641 baby boys have been named Carlo. The name peaked in 2024 with 253 US births that year (rank #914). In 2024, ranked #914 nationally.

Top States for Carlo

Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Carlo births are: New York (2,890), California (2,366), Texas (997).

Other Italian-Origin Names Like Carlo

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5-Letter Names Starting with C

Names with Carlo's exact length and starting letter: Cabal, Cable, Cacey, Cacia, Cadan.

Quick Facts About Carlo

165

Italian baby names in our dictionary

48

Italian male names

212

5-letter C-names in our dictionary

791

C-male names total

2000–2025

years of US SSA records (12 total)

2,436

total US births named Carlo (all years)

US Popularity History (2000–2025)

📈 Rising: Carlo climbed 45 places in the US boys ranking over the last 1 years (#914 in 2024 → #869 in 2025).

Annual US births named Carlo by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 276 boys named Carlo (boy rank #869 that year).

Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.

Where in the US Is Carlo Most Popular?

Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Carlo the strongest states are New Jersey, California, Pennsylvania.

Strongest boys-name states

#	State	Avg rank	Births
1	New Jersey	#671	80
2	California	#724	340
3	Pennsylvania	#756	66
4	Arizona	#803	52
5	Illinois	#824	41
6	New York	#847	93
7	Texas	#855	169
8	Ohio	#951	39

Weakest boys-name states

#	State	Avg rank	Births
1	Ohio	#951	39
2	Texas	#855	169
3	New York	#847	93
4	Illinois	#824	41
5	Arizona	#803	52
6	Pennsylvania	#756	66
7	California	#724	340
8	New Jersey	#671	80

Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Carlo in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.

Famous People Named Carlo

1 notable figure from history and culture who share the name Carlo.

Carlo Urbani was the first person who identified SARS as a highly contagious disease.

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