Carlisle
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #3,240 for boys in 2025, 36 births
Given to boys 79.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,862since 1888
Carlisle over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | #3,240 | 36 |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 | #3,272 | 36 |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 | #3,416 | 34 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | #3,151 | 38 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #2,918 | 42 |
| 2020 | #6,923 | 16 | #2,925 | 40 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #3,347 | 34 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | #2,848 | 42 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | #2,951 | 40 |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 | #2,993 | 39 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | #3,231 | 35 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | #3,154 | 35 |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 | #3,582 | 29 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | #2,594 | 47 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | #4,221 | 23 |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 | #2,874 | 41 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | — | |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,450 | 10 | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | #3,230 | 13 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,223 | 10 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,813 | 12 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,735 | 10 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,822 | 9 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,798 | 9 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,435 | 11 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,114 | 14 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,531 | 10 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,680 | 9 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,495 | 10 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,758 | 18 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,076 | 14 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,642 | 19 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,131 | 11 | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #1,525 | 20 |
| 1943 | — | #1,461 | 23 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,867 | 15 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,759 | 16 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,322 | 10 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,050 | 12 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,326 | 10 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,403 | 23 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,639 | 17 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,326 | 26 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,266 | 11 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,540 | 20 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,426 | 24 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,843 | 16 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,821 | 17 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,848 | 17 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,707 | 20 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,959 | 17 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,515 | 24 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,493 | 25 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,380 | 29 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,420 | 27 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,475 | 26 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,348 | 29 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,097 | 39 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,313 | 29 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,264 | 29 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,335 | 26 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,217 | 29 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,580 | 12 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,268 | 14 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #730 | 9 | |
| 1893 | — | #615 | 11 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1888
The first year at least five boys were named Carlisle! It came in at #704, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 32 spots since 2024 (#3,272 → #3,240)
- 315 spots since 2020 (#2,925 → #3,240)
- 9 spots since 2015 (#3,231 → #3,240)
- Biggest drop: 115 spots in 1894 (#615 → #730)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1893 at #615 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1893–1894
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,211
- Highest: 1 in 10,211 boys born in 1893 were named Carlisle (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 47,447 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 19.6% of all boys named Carlisle (365) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2010
- Mostly girls until 2009, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 9 | #704 (1888) | #704 |
| 1890s | 36 | #615 (1893) | #890 |
| 1900s | 10 | #1,205 (1904) | #1,229 |
| 1910s | 188 | #1,097 (1919) | #1,397 |
| 1920s | 231 | #1,348 (1920) | #1,610 |
| 1930s | 176 | #1,326 (1935) | #1,764 |
| 1940s | 155 | #1,461 (1943) | #1,915 |
| 1950s | 108 | #1,815 (1950) | #2,538 |
| 1960s | 66 | #2,673 (1963) | #3,347 |
| 1970s | 92 | #2,813 (1971) | #3,649 |
| 1980s | 70 | #3,230 (1983) | #5,195 |
| 1990s | 76 | #4,673 (1990) | #7,055 |
| 2000s | 54 | #6,802 (2009) | #8,929 |
| 2010s | 365 | #2,594 (2012) | #3,180 |
| 2020s | 226 | #2,918 (2021) | #3,154 |
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.
Carlisle in 1888
boys
#704
9 births · 1 in 13,428 boys
Top boys' names in 1888
More about 1888
boys
120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 13,428 of them was named Carlisle, which outranked 40.2% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).