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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #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
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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
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1900—#1,1626
1899—#1,0515
1898—#1,0026
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1894—#66810
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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 1951

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #547 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,575 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Carlyle, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Carolina#547 · 1 in 10,575

Best ever in a state: #183 in Utah, 1927.

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North Carolina#54751 in 10,575
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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
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
all girlsall boys
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 1951

boys
#1,344
30 births · 1 in 62,761 boys

Top boys' names in 1951

  1. #1James87,256
  2. #2Robert86,353
  3. #3John81,569
  4. #4Michael72,807
  5. #5David64,788
  6. #6William62,781
  7. #7Richard54,541
  8. #8Thomas48,275
  9. #9Charles39,406
  10. #10Gary38,160
  11. #1,344Carlyle30
More about 1951

boys

1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 62,761 of them was named Carlyle, which outranked 68.4% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carlyle
  1. #1,332Price31
  2. #1,332Reinaldo31
  3. #1,332Valentino31
  4. #1,344Carlyle30
  5. #1,344Albin30
  6. #1,344Anselmo30
  7. #1,344Antoine30
  8. #1,373Abelardo29
  9. #1,373Antony29
  10. #1,373Audrey29

Tied with 28 names at #1,344; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. ↑ 428Kimberly#1,139 → #711
  2. ↑ 372Cole#1,364 → #992
  3. ↑ 357Wayland#1,272 → #915
  4. ↑ 354Ricki#1,139 → #785
  5. ↑ 346Lou#1,289 → #943
Fallers
  1. ↓ 944Jory#960 → #1,904
  2. ↓ 502Samual#960 → #1,462
  3. ↓ 426Carlyle#918 → #1,344
  4. ↓ 319Shaun#899 → #1,218
  5. ↓ 318Tex#977 → #1,295

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

See the top 100 for 1951 →