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
Showing
- 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
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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — | ||
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.
Where Carlyle is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Carlyle in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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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
- Biggest drop: 426 spots in 1951
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
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.
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