girls:
5 births since 1964
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
681 births since 1912
#3906 (15th percentile)
overall:
686 births since 1912
#7053 (9th percentile)
The name Carles is the #7,053 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 686 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 8.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,906 (14.8% percentile) for all time with 681 births since 1912. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1964.
Carles first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 1964 for girls). Birth data for Carles is available in 79 out of the 110 years between 1912 and 2021 (78 years for boys and 1 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Carles has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.3% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Carles reached its peak popularity in 1928, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #528) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 1928, with 18 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
For girls, Carles reached its peak popularity in 1964, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #784) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1964, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1964.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Carles".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Carles. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.5% confident that Carles is pronounced as kahrlz, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAH-ruhlz, at 9.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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