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

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Peak · boys
1918 · 115 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,856
since 1892

Carlyle over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201943peak #3,618, 1914peak #564, 1918girlsboys
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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
2025#4,85720
2024#5,65916
2023#11,1698#5,92715
2022#15,3065#5,44517
2021#13,4646#4,49422
2020#4,27523
2019#12,4487#4,23024
2018#11,4278#3,99326
2017#14,1246#3,99326
2016#11,7818#4,32723
2015#5,05818
2014#4,53821
2013#13,1507#4,80419
2012#7,55910
2011#6,25613
2010#16,9925#6,69812
2009#7,69210
2008#10,80710#7,69810
2007#10,81810#8,1739
2006#7,42710
2005#9,1157
2004#9,89210#11,3565
2003#6,25811
2002#5,72512
2001#11,0208#5,39013
2000#15,0315#10,3495
1999#12,6886#4,76214
1998#14,1225#4,65014
1997#8,33410#5,64210
1996#10,5677#4,87812
1995#8,7669#4,50813
1994#11,7786#5,45210
1993#8,7199#3,36819
1992#10,4797#3,33819
1991#10,2717#3,10520
1990#10,1937#2,95221
1989#3,44616
1988#2,76520
1987#2,55921
1986#4,4579
1985#8,3187#3,40113
1984#2,29222
1983#3,23013
1982#2,26922
1981#3,22113
1980#2,83116
1979#2,31021
1978#3,40011
1977#2,79115
1976#2,50817
1975#2,36118
1974#2,67414
1973#2,60614
1972#2,24317
1971#2,05220
1970#1,93921
1969#1,97718
1968#1,96217
1967#2,7609
1966#2,21613
1965#1,98716
1964#1,72921
1963#3,0448
1962#1,89618
1961#1,82320
1960#1,52328
1959#1,62024
1958#1,34533
1957#1,58325
1956#1,36232
1955#1,21938
1954#5,7535#1,10146
1953#1,21438
1952#1,48526
1951#1,34430
1950#91856
1949#1,04745
1948#1,17337
1947#1,03648
1946#1,21733
1945#1,07836
1944#97444
1943#3,8017#1,07440
1942#1,08939
1941#1,01940
1940#1,03139
1939#90048
1938#97742
1937#92246
1936#83253
1935#79061
1934#85354
1933#76264
1932#83658
1931#76866
1930#84160
1929#83661
1928#79667
1927#82565
1926#72278
1925#75975
1924#75977
1923#67490
1922#5,0095#65795
1921#5,0995#69287
1920#4,9755#64696
1919#600101
1918#564115
1917#591101
1916#61789
1915#68172
1914#3,6185#71253
1913#81834
1912#60845
1911#1,11710
1910#98111
1909#89311
1908#9469
1907#69914
1906
1905
1904#9667
1903
1902
1901
1900#1,1626
1899#1,0515
1898#1,0026
1897
1896
1895#68510
1894#66810
1893
1892#1,0665
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1892

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1892
  • Peaked 1918 at #564 (115 births)
  • Births halved by 1934, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1912–1939
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,813
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.5% of all boys named Carlyle (791) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2009
  • Mostly girls until 2008, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s36#668 (1894)#894
1900s47#699 (1907)#933
1910s631#564 (1918)#729
1920s791#646 (1920)#737
1930s552#762 (1933)#848
1940s401#974 (1944)#1,074
1950s348#918 (1950)#1,319
1960s168#1,523 (1960)#2,092
1970s168#1,939 (1970)#2,488
1980s165#2,269 (1982)#3,047
1990s152#2,952 (1990)#4,266
2000s92#5,390 (2001)#7,918
2010s192#3,993 (2017)#5,146
2020s113#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 1943

girls
#3,801
7 births · 1 in 199,328 girls
boys
#1,074
40 births · 1 in 35,682 boys

Top girls' names in 1943

  1. #1Mary66,174
  2. #2Barbara43,432
  3. #3Patricia39,620
  4. #4Linda38,439
  5. #5Carol31,686
  6. #6Sandra25,990
  7. #7Judith25,214
  8. #8Sharon24,712
  9. #9Nancy23,988
  10. #10Betty21,596
  11. #3,801Carlyle7

Top boys' names in 1943

  1. #1James80,278
  2. #2Robert74,892
  3. #3John68,929
  4. #4William55,904
  5. #5Richard46,339
  6. #6David37,240
  7. #7Charles36,632
  8. #8Thomas32,874
  9. #9Ronald29,239
  10. #10Michael24,745
  11. #1,074Carlyle40
More about 1943

girls

1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 199,328 of them was named Carlyle, which outranked 29.2% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carlyle
  1. #3,493Winfred8
  2. #3,493Wynonia8
  3. #3,493Zoila8
  4. #3,801Carlyle7
  5. #3,801Abbey7
  6. #3,801Adelfa7
  7. #3,801Adina7
  8. #4,196Abelina6
  9. #4,196Adonna6
  10. #4,196Adrea6

Tied with 394 names at #3,801; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. 878Tana#1,559#681
  2. 754Rozanne#1,706#952
  3. 722Cheryle#1,592#870
  4. 596Tena#1,592#996
  5. 525Alexis#1,349#824
Fallers
  1. 594Florida#997#1,591
  2. 467Jerilynn#581#1,048
  3. 364Lorelei#864#1,228
  4. 308Kaaren#536#844
  5. 305Erna#864#1,169

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

boys

1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 35,682 of them was named Carlyle, which outranked 73.4% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carlyle
  1. #1,053Rich41
  2. #1,053Sherwin41
  3. #1,053Werner41
  4. #1,074Carlyle40
  5. #1,074Ardell40
  6. #1,074Buck40
  7. #1,074Doris40
  8. #1,088Baxter39
  9. #1,088Chad39
  10. #1,088Clarke39

Tied with 13 names at #1,074; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. 514Derek#1,228#714
  2. 465Armond#1,421#956
  3. 368Les#1,214#846
  4. 347Aron#1,244#897
  5. 321Edsel#1,167#846
Fallers
  1. 500Humberto#780#1,280
  2. 352Chauncey#928#1,280
  3. 352Clearence#991#1,343
  4. 344Macarthur#512#856
  5. 325Reyes#933#1,258

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

See the top 100 for 1943