Carlton
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning settlement of the peasants or common people.
Carlton by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Carlton. In the US, 71 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 955 babies in 1957, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Carlton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Charltonsettlement of free men or farmers4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Carlsonson of Carl; free man17 in the US (2017)
- Carletonsettlement of the peasants or freemen5 in the US (2017)
- Carston11 in the US (2017)
- Coltondark settlement; coal town5,261 in the US (2017)
- Carsonson of the marsh-dweller4,910 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Carlton
Names that are said the same way as Carlton, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Karltonfarm of the men; a form of Carlton7 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Carlton
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