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 | — | — | ||
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| 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.
Where Carlyle is popular in 1914
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#304 · 1 in 3,076
- North Carolina#397 · 1 in 3,827
- Illinois#404 · 1 in 7,036
Best ever in a state: #183 in Utah, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #304 | 5 | 1 in 3,076 |
| North Carolina | #397 | 5 | 1 in 3,827 |
| Illinois | #404 | 5 | 1 in 7,036 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1914
Top girls' names in 1914
Top boys' names in 1914
More about 1914
girls
761,581 girls got a published name in 1914; 1 in 152,316 of them was named Carlyle, which outranked 14.0% of the 4,206 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 588 names at #3,618; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 12,354 of them was named Carlyle, which outranked 81.1% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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- #697Stanton54
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- #712Carlyle53
- #712Bernie53
- #712Bertrand53
- #712Constantine53
- #724Bryan52
- #724Elliot52
- #724Emmet52
Tied with 11 names at #712; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.