Carlyle
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #11,169 · #4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births
Given to boys 94.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1918 · 115 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,856since 1892
Carlyle over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #4,857 | 20 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,659 | 16 | |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | #5,927 | 15 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #5,445 | 17 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #4,494 | 22 |
| 2020 | — | #4,275 | 23 | |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #4,230 | 24 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #3,993 | 26 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #3,993 | 26 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #4,327 | 23 |
| 2015 | — | #5,058 | 18 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,538 | 21 | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #4,804 | 19 |
| 2012 | — | #7,559 | 10 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,256 | 13 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | — | #7,427 | 10 | |
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | #6,258 | 11 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,725 | 12 | |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #4,650 | 14 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #3,338 | 19 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #2,952 | 21 |
| 1989 | — | #3,446 | 16 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,765 | 20 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,559 | 21 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | — | #2,292 | 22 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,230 | 13 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,269 | 22 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,221 | 13 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,310 | 21 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,791 | 15 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,508 | 17 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,361 | 18 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,674 | 14 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,606 | 14 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,243 | 17 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,052 | 20 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,939 | 21 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,977 | 18 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,216 | 13 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,987 | 16 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,729 | 21 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,896 | 18 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,823 | 20 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,523 | 28 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,620 | 24 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,345 | 33 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,583 | 25 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,362 | 32 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,219 | 38 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #1,101 | 46 |
| 1953 | — | #1,214 | 38 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,485 | 26 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,344 | 30 | |
| 1950 | — | #918 | 56 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,047 | 45 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,173 | 37 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,036 | 48 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,217 | 33 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,078 | 36 | |
| 1944 | — | #974 | 44 | |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #1,074 | 40 |
| 1942 | — | #1,089 | 39 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,019 | 40 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,031 | 39 | |
| 1939 | — | #900 | 48 | |
| 1938 | — | #977 | 42 | |
| 1937 | — | #922 | 46 | |
| 1936 | — | #832 | 53 | |
| 1935 | — | #790 | 61 | |
| 1934 | — | #853 | 54 | |
| 1933 | — | #762 | 64 | |
| 1932 | — | #836 | 58 | |
| 1931 | — | #768 | 66 | |
| 1930 | — | #841 | 60 | |
| 1929 | — | #836 | 61 | |
| 1928 | — | #796 | 67 | |
| 1927 | — | #825 | 65 | |
| 1926 | — | #722 | 78 | |
| 1925 | — | #759 | 75 | |
| 1924 | — | #759 | 77 | |
| 1923 | — | #674 | 90 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #657 | 95 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #692 | 87 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #646 | 96 |
| 1919 | — | #600 | 101 | |
| 1918 | — | #564 | 115 | |
| 1917 | — | #591 | 101 | |
| 1916 | — | #617 | 89 | |
| 1915 | — | #681 | 72 | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #712 | 53 |
| 1913 | — | #818 | 34 | |
| 1912 | — | #608 | 45 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,117 | 10 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #893 | 11 | |
| 1908 | — | #946 | 9 | |
| 1907 | — | #699 | 14 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #685 | 10 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Carlyle! It came in at #1,066, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1893, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Carlyle
- 802 spots since 2024 (#5,659 → #4,857)
- 582 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #4,857)
- 201 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #4,857)
- Biggest jump: 509 spots in 1912 (#1,117 → #608)
- Biggest drop: 426 spots in 1951 (#918 → #1,344)
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1918 at #564 (115 births)
- Births halved by 1934, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1912–1939
- Highest: 1 in 8,813 boys born in 1918 were named Carlyle (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 85,404 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.5% of all boys named Carlyle (791) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2008, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 36 | #668 (1894) | #894 |
| 1900s | 47 | #699 (1907) | #933 |
| 1910s | 631 | #564 (1918) | #729 |
| 1920s | 791 | #646 (1920) | #737 |
| 1930s | 552 | #762 (1933) | #848 |
| 1940s | 401 | #974 (1944) | #1,074 |
| 1950s | 348 | #918 (1950) | #1,319 |
| 1960s | 168 | #1,523 (1960) | #2,092 |
| 1970s | 168 | #1,939 (1970) | #2,488 |
| 1980s | 165 | #2,269 (1982) | #3,047 |
| 1990s | 152 | #2,952 (1990) | #4,266 |
| 2000s | 92 | #5,390 (2001) | #7,918 |
| 2010s | 192 | #3,993 (2017) | #5,146 |
| 2020s | 113 | #4,275 (2020) | #5,110 |
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.
Carlyle in 1922
Top girls' names in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
girls
1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 240,201 of them was named Carlyle, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 780 names at #5,009; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 11,454 of them was named Carlyle, which outranked 86.8% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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- #657Carlyle95
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- #657Durward95
- #657Frances95
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Tied with 7 names at #657; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.