A name. A world of connections.

Carles

“free man”

masculineLatin script

[ˈkaɾ.las] · Spanish

Origin: Latin
4 language contexts: Spanish Catalan Danish +1 more
Follow the evidence: 9 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Carles

Carles is a masculine given name documented in Spanish, Catalan, Danish and 1 other language. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Carolus. It is a form of Charles, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “free man”.

Latin origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “free man”

Inherited from Latin Carolus, from Old High German Karl, from Proto-Germanic *karlaz.

Sources for this account (8)

Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
German Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Greek Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: CharlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia: Carles (name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Documented usage

View usage notes (5)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q368314
Masculine usage in Catalan · Wiktionary: Carles
Masculine usage in Spanish · Wiktionary: Carles
Masculine usage in Danish · Greek Wiktionary: Carles
Masculine usage in Occitan · French Wiktionary: Carles

Explore all 4 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Carles” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q368314.

All pronunciation details (14)

[ˈkaɾ.las] — Spanish
[ˈkaɾ.les] — Spanish
/ˈkaɾlas/ — Spanish
/ˈkaɾles/ — Spanish
[ˈkar.les] — Catalan (Northwestern)
[ˈkar.ləs] — Catalan (Balearic, Central, Northern)
[ˈkaɾ.les] — Catalan (Valencia)
[…] — Catalan
[ˈkar.ɫəs] — Catalan
[ˈkaɾləs] — Catalan
[ˈkaɾles] — Catalan
/ˈkarɫəs/ — Catalan
[ˈkaɾles] — Occitan
[ˈkaʁle] — Occitan

02 / Across borders

Where Carles is used

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countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Carles’s connections around the world.

3 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2021: 6 boys (rank 10799).

Explore United States

4 of 6 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Carles

Region and dataset

Latest · 2021: 6; applications; Rank #10,799
Peak year: 1928; 20 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Carles in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	6	2,269	observed
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	7	3,082	observed
1916	10	2,543	observed
1917	9	2,732	observed
1918	13	2,260	observed
1919	9	2,877	observed
1920	8	3,208	observed
1921	8	3,214	observed
1922	5	4,307	observed
1923	10	2,772	observed
1924	10	2,822	observed
1925	16	2,012	observed
1926	9	2,904	observed
1927	13	2,298	observed
1928	20	1,707	observed
1929	8	2,980	observed
1930	13	2,178	observed
1931	14	2,003	observed
1932	10	2,465	observed
1933	7	3,004	observed
1934	14	1,932	observed
1935	15	1,837	observed
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	13	1,992	observed
1938	7	2,868	observed
1939	12	2,050	observed
1940	5	3,459	observed
1941	10	2,333	observed
1942	7	2,940	observed
1943	15	1,910	observed
1944	8	2,633	observed
1945	11	2,131	observed
1946	12	2,143	observed
1947	11	2,356	observed
1948	8	2,788	observed
1949	14	2,022	observed
1950	10	2,438	observed
1951	12	2,246	observed
1952	9	2,680	observed
1953	13	2,186	observed
1954	5	3,827	observed
1955	5	3,886	observed
1956	6	3,535	observed
1957	12	2,375	observed
1958	12	2,370	observed
1959	5	3,988	observed
1960	7	3,337	observed
1961	10	2,706	observed
1962	5	4,033	observed
1963	6	3,646	observed
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	7	3,244	observed
1966	5	3,948	observed
1967	8	2,985	observed
1968	7	3,365	observed
1969	8	3,314	observed
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	16	2,366	observed
1972	7	3,963	observed
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	5	5,227	observed
1975	6	4,797	observed
1976	9	3,724	observed
1977	6	5,123	observed
1978	5	5,772	observed
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	6	5,525	observed
1981	11	3,601	observed
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	6	5,484	observed
1984	5	6,315	observed
1985	6	5,785	observed
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	5	7,270	observed
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	5	8,700	observed
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	6	11,037	observed
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	6	10,766	observed
2011	8	8,767	observed
2012	8	8,864	observed
2013	6	10,728	observed
2014	7	9,642	observed
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	6	10,744	observed
2017	6	10,775	observed
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	5	12,145	observed
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	6	10,799	observed
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Carles” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Carles Puigdemont
born 1962
Catalan politician
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Carles Puyol
born 1978
Spanish footballer (born 1978)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Carles Rexach
born 1947
Spanish footballer (born 1947)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Carles Aleñá
born 1998
Spanish association football player
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Carles Pérez
born 1998
Spanish association football player (born 1998)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Carles with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms9

Wikidata Q368314CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
German Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spanish Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: CharlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia: Carles (name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates3

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Carles

Latin origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “free man”

Inherited from Latin Carolus, from Old High German Karl, from Proto-Germanic *karlaz.

Sources for this account (8)

Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
German Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Greek Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: CharlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia: Carles (name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Documented usage

View usage notes (5)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q368314
Masculine usage in Catalan · Wiktionary: Carles
Masculine usage in Spanish · Wiktionary: Carles
Masculine usage in Danish · Greek Wiktionary: Carles
Masculine usage in Occitan · French Wiktionary: Carles

Explore all 4 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Carles” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q368314.

All pronunciation details (14)

[ˈkaɾ.las] — Spanish
[ˈkaɾ.les] — Spanish
/ˈkaɾlas/ — Spanish
/ˈkaɾles/ — Spanish
[ˈkar.les] — Catalan (Northwestern)
[ˈkar.ləs] — Catalan (Balearic, Central, Northern)
[ˈkaɾ.les] — Catalan (Valencia)
[…] — Catalan
[ˈkar.ɫəs] — Catalan
[ˈkaɾləs] — Catalan
[ˈkaɾles] — Catalan
/ˈkarɫəs/ — Catalan
[ˈkaɾles] — Occitan
[ˈkaʁle] — Occitan

Where Carles is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Carles’s connections around the world.

3 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2021: 6 boys (rank 10799).

Explore United States

4 of 6 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Carles

Region and dataset

Latest · 2021: 6; applications; Rank #10,799
Peak year: 1928; 20 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Carles in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	6	2,269	observed
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	7	3,082	observed
1916	10	2,543	observed
1917	9	2,732	observed
1918	13	2,260	observed
1919	9	2,877	observed
1920	8	3,208	observed
1921	8	3,214	observed
1922	5	4,307	observed
1923	10	2,772	observed
1924	10	2,822	observed
1925	16	2,012	observed
1926	9	2,904	observed
1927	13	2,298	observed
1928	20	1,707	observed
1929	8	2,980	observed
1930	13	2,178	observed
1931	14	2,003	observed
1932	10	2,465	observed
1933	7	3,004	observed
1934	14	1,932	observed
1935	15	1,837	observed
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	13	1,992	observed
1938	7	2,868	observed
1939	12	2,050	observed
1940	5	3,459	observed
1941	10	2,333	observed
1942	7	2,940	observed
1943	15	1,910	observed
1944	8	2,633	observed
1945	11	2,131	observed
1946	12	2,143	observed
1947	11	2,356	observed
1948	8	2,788	observed
1949	14	2,022	observed
1950	10	2,438	observed
1951	12	2,246	observed
1952	9	2,680	observed
1953	13	2,186	observed
1954	5	3,827	observed
1955	5	3,886	observed
1956	6	3,535	observed
1957	12	2,375	observed
1958	12	2,370	observed
1959	5	3,988	observed
1960	7	3,337	observed
1961	10	2,706	observed
1962	5	4,033	observed
1963	6	3,646	observed
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	7	3,244	observed
1966	5	3,948	observed
1967	8	2,985	observed
1968	7	3,365	observed
1969	8	3,314	observed
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	16	2,366	observed
1972	7	3,963	observed
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	5	5,227	observed
1975	6	4,797	observed
1976	9	3,724	observed
1977	6	5,123	observed
1978	5	5,772	observed
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	6	5,525	observed
1981	11	3,601	observed
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	6	5,484	observed
1984	5	6,315	observed
1985	6	5,785	observed
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	5	7,270	observed
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	5	8,700	observed
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	6	11,037	observed
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	6	10,766	observed
2011	8	8,767	observed
2012	8	8,864	observed
2013	6	10,728	observed
2014	7	9,642	observed
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	6	10,744	observed
2017	6	10,775	observed
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	5	12,145	observed
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	6	10,799	observed
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Carles Puigdemont
born 1962
Catalan politician
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Carles Puyol
born 1978
Spanish footballer (born 1978)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Carles Rexach
born 1947
Spanish footballer (born 1947)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Carles Aleñá
born 1998
Spanish association football player
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Carles Pérez
born 1998
Spanish association football player (born 1998)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms9

Wikidata Q368314CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
German Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spanish Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: CarlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: CharlesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia: Carles (name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates3

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Carles

Latin origin

Where Carles is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Carles Puigdemont

Carles Puyol

Carles Rexach

Carles Aleñá

Carles Pérez

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Carles

Latin origin

Where Carles is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Carles Puigdemont

Carles Puyol

Carles Rexach

Carles Aleñá

Carles Pérez

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page