Given name
Carlitos
Carlitos is a masculine given name. It is used in Spanish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Carlitos is a diminutive of Carlos. Carlos comes from Latin, and ultimately from Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Carlitos is a diminutive of Carlos.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Carlitos through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 583
- 583 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,279 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −30%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,279 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 30.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 31 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 592 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Carlitos’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Carlitos is a diminutive of Carlos.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Carlitos
- CarlitosSpanish footballerborn 1990
- CarlitosCape Verdean association football playerborn 1985
- CarlitosSpanish footballerborn 1976
- Charles-Wilfrid de BériotFrench pianist and composer (1833-1914)
- CarlitosPortuguese footballerborn 1977
- CarlitosAngolan footballerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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