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Carlon

Carlon is a boy's name that peaked in 1973, when it was the 2,124th most popular in the United States. It is given to both boys and girls. It has not appeared in the national data since 2022. About 720 Carlons are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 53.

Popularity, 1880–2025

Births per year, 1880 to 2025 0 5 10 15 20 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

girls named Carlon boys named Carlon

By the numbers

Total US births
1,050
Estimated living today
720
Median age today
53
Peak year
1973
Best rank
2,124th
Rank in 2025
unranked
First recorded
1921
Girls / boys
187 / 863

How old the living Carlons are

Born with the name each year, and how many of them are alive today, 1880 to 2025 0 8 16 24 32 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

born that year still alive today

Of the 1,050 babies given the name since 1921, about 720 are alive — 69 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1972 and half after.

An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.

Names of 1973

The most popular boys’ names the year Carlon peaked:

All the names of 1973

Related names

Carlon against another name

Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.

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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.