Carlis

Last seen for girls in 1983 at #10,275 · Last seen for boys in 2012 at #10,770
Given to boys 87.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1946 · 28 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,221
since 1912

Carlis over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201965peak #2,972, 1958peak #1,327, 1946girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
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2012#10,7706
2011#9,6007
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2000
1999#6,5309
1998
1997#6,1009
1996#9,0155
1995
1994#7,7706
1993#8,7005
1992
1991#5,9428
1990#4,67311
1989#6,9416
1988#5,7517
1987#4,9688
1986#5,3327
1985#4,3339
1984#4,2159
1983#10,2755#3,23013
1982#4,2349
1981#6,2625
1980#3,61511
1979#3,81010
1978#3,8579
1977#5,1236
1976#4,4187
1975#7,9846#4,3097
1974#3,12011
1973#4,5056
1972#3,6228
1971#8,3245#2,55814
1970#2,29316
1969#2,13016
1968#2,57611
1967#6,8045#2,47011
1966#5,8096#2,32712
1965#6,5395#1,62523
1964#4,6369#2,04016
1963#6,5925#2,04416
1962#5,2937#2,18614
1961#4,00911#2,53811
1960#4,18410#2,12115
1959#4,03110#1,80620
1958#2,97216#2,17714
1957#6,0865#1,63424
1956#4,8377#1,51127
1955#3,57111#2,04815
1954#5,7535#1,95616
1953#4,5957#1,70920
1952#4,1238#1,74919
1951#4,0118#1,77418
1950#2,01914
1949#3,8928#1,75418
1948#3,8838#1,55922
1947#1,55523
1946#4,9605#1,32728
1945#1,58118
1944#1,73816
1943#1,91015
1942#1,58520
1941#1,68517
1940#1,62718
1939#1,39023
1938#1,33725
1937#1,62718
1936#1,63917
1935#1,35425
1934#1,55120
1933#2,21411
1932#1,65119
1931#2,00314
1930#4,0476#2,44411
1929#1,73119
1928#2,27013
1927#1,64722
1926#1,78719
1925#2,01216
1924#1,96417
1923#2,02016
1922#1,82719
1921#1,58823
1920#1,64222
1919#3,1158
1918#2,39812
1917#2,42311
1916#1,94915
1915#2,31011
1914#1,86812
1913#2,2737
1912#2,5445
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Carlis! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1992–1993, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Carlis
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
Rise & fade · boys
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1946 at #1,327 (28 births)
  • Births halved by 1950, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 41,654
  • Highest: 1 in 41,654 boys born in 1935 were named Carlis (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 316,158 boys born in 2012 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,327 in 1946, was only 1 in 58,001 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 16.0% of all boys named Carlis (195) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1962
  • Mostly girls until 1961, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s81#1,868 (1914)#2,360
1920s186#1,588 (1921)#1,849
1930s183#1,337 (1938)#1,721
1940s195#1,327 (1946)#1,632
1950s187#1,511 (1956)#1,838
1960s145#1,625 (1965)#2,206
1970s94#2,293 (1970)#3,762
1980s84#3,230 (1983)#4,888
1990s53#4,673 (1990)#6,961
2000s0
2010s13#9,600 (2011)#10,185

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Carlis in 1965

girls
#6,539
5 births · 1 in 353,033 girls
boys
#1,625
23 births · 1 in 80,876 boys

Top girls' names in 1965

  1. #1Lisa60,271
  2. #2Mary34,270
  3. #3Karen32,869
  4. #4Kimberly28,836
  5. #5Susan26,321
  6. #6Patricia23,552
  7. #7Donna19,700
  8. #8Linda19,345
  9. #9Cynthia19,239
  10. #10Angela18,754
  11. #6,539Carlis5

Top boys' names in 1965

  1. #1Michael80,992
  2. #2John71,493
  3. #3David67,825
  4. #4James67,666
  5. #5Robert63,106
  6. #6William40,111
  7. #7Mark38,244
  8. #8Richard36,817
  9. #9Thomas31,595
  10. #10Jeffrey29,574
  11. #1,625Carlis23
More about 1965

girls

1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 353,033 of them was named Carlis, which outranked 13.2% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carlis
  1. #5,817Yuvonne6
  2. #5,817Zeola6
  3. #5,817Zeta6
  4. #6,539Carlis5
  5. #6,539Abbigail5
  6. #6,539Abelina5
  7. #6,539Adilia5

Tied with 996 names at #6,539; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. 723Marni#1,610#887
  2. 654Dionne#1,281#627
  3. 432Marnie#1,016#584
  4. 426Keli#1,383#957
  5. 368Gia#1,334#966
Fallers
  1. 1,326Djuna#738#2,064
  2. 470Djuana#756#1,226
  3. 383Shirl#714#1,097
  4. 297Beverley#955#1,252
  5. 275Dottie#912#1,187

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 80,876 of them was named Carlis, which outranked 63.3% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carlis
  1. #1,595Virgilio24
  2. #1,595Waymond24
  3. #1,595Wendel24
  4. #1,625Carlis23
  5. #1,625Alonso23
  6. #1,625Angus23
  7. #1,625Antonino23
  8. #1,669Alfonza22
  9. #1,669Amy22
  10. #1,669Bernell22

Tied with 43 names at #1,625; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. 785Trace#1,655#870
  2. 729Darran#1,729#1,000
  3. 655Daryn#1,371#716
  4. 648Darian#1,545#897
  5. 512Darryn#1,327#815
Fallers
  1. 1,557Jaimie#809#2,366
  2. 443Tammy#875#1,318
  3. 406Destry#637#1,043
  4. 318Dewitt#936#1,254
  5. 303Cassius#860#1,163

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1965