Carlos

I have a good friend named Carlos, who's originally from Spain, and he told me that a sizeable chunk of twenty-something year old guys around our age group have this name. Pretty weird when you think of it. :)

With 1 692 417 bearers, Carlos is the 8th most common masculine given name in Brazil (2014 Data). With 894 854 bearers, Carlos is the 4th most common masculine given name in Argentina (2014 Data). With 847 053 bearers, Carlos is the 6th most common masculine given name in Colombia (2014 Data). With 494 363 bearers, Carlos is the 5th most common masculine given name in Venezuela (2014 Data). With 380 152 bearers, Carlos is the 3rd most common masculine given name in Mozambique (2014 Data). With 376 804 bearers, Carlos is the 6th most common masculine given name in Peru (2014 Data). With 365 940 bearers, Carlos is the 4th most common masculine given name in Ecuador (2014 Data). With 312 239 bearers, Carlos is the 4th most common masculine given name in Guatemala (2014 Data). With 278 786 bearers, Carlos is the 5th most common masculine given name in Chile (2014 Data). With 198 243 bearers, Carlos is the 8th most common masculine given name in Portugal (2014 Data). With 137 936 bearers, Carlos is the 5th most common masculine given name in Honduras (2014 Data). With 128 428 bearers, Carlos is the 9th most common masculine given name in Cuba (2014 Data). With 127 941 bearers, Carlos is the 5th most common masculine given name in Bolivia (2014 Data). With 122 815 bearers, Carlos is the 6th most common masculine given name in El Salvador (2014 Data). With 113 368 bearers, Carlos is the 9th most common masculine given name in the Dominican Republic (2014 Data). With 111 982 bearers, Carlos is the 2nd most common masculine given name in Guinea-Bissau (2014 Data). With 99 198 bearers, Carlos is the 5th most common masculine given name in Costa Rica (2014 Data). With 94 299 bearers, Carlos is the 4th most common masculine given name in Paraguay (2014 Data). With 75 773 bearers, Carlos is the 5th most common masculine given name in Nicaragua (2014 Data). With 72 738 bearers, Carlos is the 4th most common masculine given name in Uruguay (2014 Data). With 49 321 bearers, Carlos is the 4th most common masculine given name in Panama (2014 Data). With 8 852 bearers, Carlos is the 7th most common masculine given name in Cape Verde (2014 Data). With 2 202 bearers, Carlos is the 4th most common masculine given name in Belize (2014 Data). With 1 741 bearers, Carlos is the 4th most common masculine given name in São Tomé and Príncipe (2014 Data). With 1 204 bearers, Carlos is the 7th most common masculine given name in Curaçao (2014 Data). With 615 bearers, Carlos is the 8th most common masculine given name in Palau (2014 Data). With 555 bearers, Carlos is the 8th most common masculine given name in Aruba (2014 Data).

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Source: https://forebears.io/forenames/carlos

Also Galician: http://www.ige.eu/igebdt/esq.jsp?idioma=gl&ruta=onomast/nomes.jsp
https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos

It's pretty interesting that there are names with etymological twits that can resort to related variants of the name tree like this one being the formal name of actor CHUCK NORRIS, banking off of the related name diminutive CHARLES.

In 2018, 9 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Carlos who is registered male with the Social Security Administration. It is the 223rd most common male first name for living U.S. citizens.

The only normative form in Catalan is Carles; Carlos is in Spanish, Castilian.