Carle — boys' name

What the Data Says About Carle

The Social Security Administration has registered 462 babies named Carle between 1904 and 1982, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Carle currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 20 babies received it in a single year. Carle is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 144 additional births since 1940.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carle performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Carle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carle in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 462 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.