Carlyle
Carlyle was the 4888th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 20 babies. Its best year was 1918, when it ranked 564th with 115 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 202 places. More babies were named Carlyle in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,888 boys, down 590 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 20boys
- Girls and boys
- 17% girls, 83% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1918115 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,071babies recorded
Carlyle popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #4,888 | — | 20 |
| 2020 | — | #4,298 | — | 23 |
| 2010 | #17,548 | #6,754 | 5 | 12 |
| 2000 | #15,464 | #10,606 | 5 | 5 |
| 1990 | #10,377 | #2,969 | 7 | 21 |
| 1980 | — | #2,846 | — | 16 |
| 1970 | — | #1,946 | — | 21 |
| 1960 | — | #1,525 | — | 28 |
| 1950 | — | #918 | — | 56 |
| 1940 | — | #1,032 | — | 39 |
| 1930 | — | #845 | — | 60 |
| 1920 | #5,093 | #646 | 5 | 96 |
| 1910 | — | #989 | — | 11 |
| 1900 | — | #1,186 | — | 6 |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Carlyle, counting every spelling?
Carlyle is a spelling of Carlisle, a name family that had 56 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 56 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle | 36 | #3,256 | 186 |
| Carlyle | 20 | #4,888 | 90 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Carlyle?
20 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Carlyle (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Carlyle born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 423 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Carlyle.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Carlyle?
About 1,400 people born in the US named Carlyle are alive today, with a median age of 48; half are between 23 and 71. That makes Carlyle mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Carlyle: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Carlyle, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Carlyle
How popular is the name Carlyle?
Carlyle was the 4888th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 20 babies. Its best year was 1918, when it ranked 564th with 115 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 202 places. More babies were named Carlyle in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Carlyle a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 17% girls, 83% boys given the name Carlyle in the US.