Fun Facts About the Name Decarlos
- More than 1 thousand babies named Decarlos: U.S. records list 1,215 babies given the name Decarlos from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Decarlos Mean?
Decarlos is a modern American given name formed from the prefix De- attached to Carlos, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Charles. Its meaning comes from that base name: the Germanic element karl, usually translated as "free man" or more generally "man," which passed into Latin as Carolus and from there into Spanish and Portuguese as Carlos. The De- prefix does not add a separate meaning of its own; in American names of this type it is generally an ornamental opening element, related to the French preposition de ("of") that appears in many surnames. Because the compound carries no documented meaning beyond the meaning of Carlos, the translation "free man" should be understood as the sense of the base name rather than a literal reading of the whole.
Decarlos Name History & Origins
The base name has a long separate history. Germanic Karl spread across medieval Europe in the Latin form Carolus, strongly associated with Charlemagne, whose Latin name was Carolus Magnus. From Latin it entered the Iberian languages as Carlos, and the same Germanic root reached English as Charles by way of French. The De- element has its own background: French de marked family or noble origin in surnames, and surnames such as DeCarlos carried that prefix. In the United States the prefix was later reused to build new given names, producing forms like DeAndre, DeShawn, DeMarcus, and Decarlos, in which a short opening element is joined to an existing name. This pattern is especially common in African American naming. Decarlos itself is a modern American compound rather than a name inherited intact from an older language; its documented use belongs to the United States.
How Popular is the Name Decarlos?
Decarlos has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1975. Its best rank was #1,325 in 1975.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,974 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #12,704 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #9,107 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #11,189 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #9,961 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #9,805 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #9,972 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #11,088 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #8,305 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #6,815 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #9,790 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #7,169 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #5,024 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2012 | #8,315 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #6,324 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2010 | #6,434 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2009 | #4,966 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2008 | #5,548 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2007 | #5,049 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2006 | #4,256 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2005 | #4,360 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2004 | #3,896 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2003 | #4,145 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2002 | #3,696 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2001 | #3,249 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2000 | #3,097 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 1999 | #3,198 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1998 | #2,873 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1997 | #3,373 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1996 | #3,047 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1995 | #3,336 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1994 | #2,706 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1993 | #2,593 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 1992 | #2,319 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 1991 | #2,487 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 1990 | #2,096 | 35 | 0.0017% |
| 1989 | #2,555 | 25 | 0.0012% |
| 1988 | #2,990 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1987 | #1,903 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 1986 | #2,241 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1985 | #2,028 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1984 | #2,053 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1983 | #1,717 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 1982 | #2,013 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1981 | #2,098 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1980 | #1,704 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 1979 | #1,491 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 1978 | #1,807 | 29 | 0.0018% |
| 1977 | #2,017 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 1976 | #1,356 | 43 | 0.0027% |
| 1975 | #1,325 | 43 | 0.0028% |
| 1974 | #1,596 | 31 | 0.0020% |
| 1973 | #1,554 | 31 | 0.0020% |
| 1972 | #2,456 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1971 | #2,072 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1970 | #2,420 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1969 | #2,572 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1968 | #4,269 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #4,177 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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