Carles
Torn between Carles and another name? Compare them side by side →
Meaning
the Catalan form of Charles, from the Germanic name Karl, from a word for "man"; another theory derives it from "army"
How popular is Carles around the world?
In the United States, 6 babies were named Carles between 2020 and 2025. In Spain, 15,255 residents are named Carles, the 192nd most common name among men, with a mean age of 41.4 years.
Carles is on the official records of the United States and Spain.
United States
1 in 3.6M
In the United States, 6 babies were named Carles between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Carles has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Spain
1 in 2,900
In Spain, 15,255 residents are named Carles, the 192nd most common name among men, with a mean age of 41.4 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Argentina
last on record 2014
Carles is not on the 2024 record for Argentina, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Mexico City City
last on record 2020
Carles is not on the 2022 record for Mexico City, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Not on the record in Puerto Rico, England and Wales, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Carles
People given the name Carles in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1950 to 1999. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Carles deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Carles truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Carles fits with your family’s names and surname.
Does Carles fit YOUR family?
nametree reads your family’s names and finds the ones that belong. Free, private, no ads.
Add Carles to your family’s tree →