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
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1946 · 28 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,221since 1912
Carlis over time
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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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
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| 1999 | — | #6,530 | 9 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,673 | 11 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,215 | 9 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | — | #4,234 | 9 | |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,615 | 11 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,810 | 10 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #2,558 | 14 |
| 1970 | — | #2,293 | 16 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,130 | 16 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,576 | 11 | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #1,625 | 23 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #2,044 | 16 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #1,806 | 20 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 | #2,177 | 14 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #1,634 | 24 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #1,956 | 16 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #1,709 | 20 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #1,749 | 19 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | #1,774 | 18 |
| 1950 | — | #2,019 | 14 | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #1,754 | 18 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1947 | — | #1,555 | 23 | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #1,327 | 28 |
| 1945 | — | #1,581 | 18 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,738 | 16 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,910 | 15 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,585 | 20 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,685 | 17 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,627 | 18 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,390 | 23 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,337 | 25 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,627 | 18 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,639 | 17 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,354 | 25 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,551 | 20 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,214 | 11 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,651 | 19 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,003 | 14 | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | — | #1,731 | 19 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,647 | 22 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,787 | 19 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,012 | 16 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,964 | 17 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,020 | 16 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,827 | 19 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,588 | 23 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,642 | 22 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,115 | 8 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,398 | 12 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,423 | 11 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,949 | 15 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,310 | 11 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,868 | 12 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
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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.
Where Carlis is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Carlis in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 81 | #1,868 (1914) | #2,360 |
| 1920s | 186 | #1,588 (1921) | #1,849 |
| 1930s | 183 | #1,337 (1938) | #1,721 |
| 1940s | 195 | #1,327 (1946) | #1,632 |
| 1950s | 187 | #1,511 (1956) | #1,838 |
| 1960s | 145 | #1,625 (1965) | #2,206 |
| 1970s | 94 | #2,293 (1970) | #3,762 |
| 1980s | 84 | #3,230 (1983) | #4,888 |
| 1990s | 53 | #4,673 (1990) | #6,961 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 13 | #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.
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