Lisle

Last seen for girls in 1971 at #6,619 · Last seen for boys in 1979 at #6,056
Given to boys 96.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1896 · 9 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
543
since 1885

Lisle over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lisle has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #778, 1896boys
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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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1979#6,0565
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1976#4,9356
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1971#6,6197
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1967#4,6259
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1961#4,0655
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1958#2,37012
1957#2,8229
1956#3,2167
1955#3,8865
1954#3,8275
1953#2,9058
1952#3,0957
1951#3,3646
1950#2,7708
1949#2,12313
1948#3,6685
1947#2,49810
1946#2,03013
1945#3,3385
1944#2,6338
1943#2,18212
1942#2,7128
1941#4,4205#3,1336
1940#2,8717
1939#3,4805
1938#2,8687
1937#2,6808
1936#2,30110
1935#2,5299
1934#2,5639
1933#2,36810
1932#2,6389
1931#2,8648
1930#2,29312
1929#2,31712
1928#2,8439
1927#2,29813
1926#2,30213
1925#2,08915
1924#1,72721
1923#2,61411
1922#1,95217
1921#2,26514
1920#1,74720
1919#2,8779
1918#1,99816
1917#1,98615
1916#1,69818
1915#2,31011
1914#1,60815
1913#2,8215
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1911#1,3877
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1909#1,4405
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1898#1,0026
1897#1,0575
1896#7789
1895#1,0795
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1889#9745
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1886#9595
1885#9365
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First appearance
1885

The first year at least five boys were named Lisle! It came in at #936, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1895, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Lisle
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1979
  • Biggest jump: 301 spots in 1896 (#1,079#778)
  • Biggest drop: 279 spots in 1897 (#778#1,057)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1896 at #778 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1899, 3 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 1885–1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,285
  • Highest: 1 in 13,285 boys born in 1896 were named Lisle (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 344,307 boys born in 1979 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 26.7% of all boys named Lisle (145) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s15#936 (1885)#956
1890s25#778 (1896)#979
1900s5#1,440 (1909)#1,440
1910s96#1,387 (1911)#2,086
1920s145#1,727 (1924)#2,215
1930s87#2,293 (1930)#2,658
1940s87#2,030 (1946)#2,719
1950s67#2,370 (1958)#3,139
1960s5#4,065 (1961)#4,065
1970s11#4,935 (1976)#5,496

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.

Lisle in 1885

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#936
5 births · 1 in 21,560 boys

Top boys' names in 1885

  1. #1John8,756
  2. #2William8,044
  3. #3James5,175
  4. #4George4,674
  5. #5Charles4,599
  6. #6Frank3,067
  7. #7Joseph2,540
  8. #8Henry2,406
  9. #9Robert2,322
  10. #10Thomas2,266
  11. #936Lisle5
More about 1885

boys

107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 21,560 of them was named Lisle, which outranked 14.7% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lisle
  1. #836Wheeler6
  2. #836Zenas6
  3. #836Zollie6
  4. #936Lisle5
  5. #936Ada5
  6. #936Albion5
  7. #936Alcide5

Tied with 161 names at #936; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. 426Bryant#848#422
  2. 424Butler#971#547
  3. 424Cyril#971#547
  4. 409Gerhard#848#439
  5. 394Rowland#971#577
Fallers
  1. 520Clarance#416#936
  2. 416Oswald#520#936
  3. 389Doctor#547#936
  4. 366Dexter#570#936
  5. 366Gustaf#570#936

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

See the top 100 for 1885