Quick answers about Carleton
How many people are named Carleton?
An estimated 1,826 living Americans are named Carleton.
How rare is Carleton?
Carleton fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Carleton?
The median age of a living American named Carleton is approximately 59 years, with most bearers falling between 43 and 70 years old.
Is Carleton still popular?
Not especially. Carleton has been declining since its 1923 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Carleton most common?
Carleton has its strongest geographic signal in Maine, where it appears 23.8× more often than the national baseline.
1880Peak 19232025
Where it lives now
Carleton is most concentrated in Maine — about 19.9× the national rate in the 1930s.
States where Carleton is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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