Carlyle
Carlyle was given to 20 boys in 2025, #4,887 among boys’ names; 4,071 Americans have been recorded with it since 1892 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,640 Americans named Carlyle and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (40% of everyone recorded); the median is 43 years old and half are between 19 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Carlyle by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Carlyle mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Carlyle is “a unisex given name transferred from the surname.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Carlyle?
#4,887 among boys’ names, 2025
Carlyle rose from #5,087 in 2015 to #4,887 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 9.4 to 11.7 per million.
115 babies in 1918, the peak
Carlyle peaked in 1918, when 115 boys were given it, #564 among boys’ names. The 20 births of 2025 are 17% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,887 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,698 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,978 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,469 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,511 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,294 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,243 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 26 | #4,003 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 26 | #4,005 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,347 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (126)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 18 | #5,087 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,557 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,826 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,633 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,304 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,748 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,771 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,779 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,282 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,509 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,265 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,628 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,313 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,772 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,416 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,598 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,790 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,677 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,703 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,908 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,542 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,499 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,380 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,343 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,119 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,963 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,466 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,771 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,570 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,515 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,431 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 22 | #2,303 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,261 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 22 | #2,278 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,239 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,845 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,320 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,427 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,802 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,518 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,375 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,683 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,618 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,259 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,063 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 21 | #1,945 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 18 | #1,988 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,966 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,800 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,231 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,993 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,737 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,083 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,900 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,827 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 28 | #1,524 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 24 | #1,628 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 33 | #1,347 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 25 | #1,584 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,361 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 38 | #1,221 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,101 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,214 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,487 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,347 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 56 | #917 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 45 | #1,047 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,174 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 48 | #1,037 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 33 | #1,217 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,084 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 44 | #974 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 40 | #1,076 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,097 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 40 | #1,020 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 39 | #1,032 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 48 | #900 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 42 | #979 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 46 | #923 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 53 | #833 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 61 | #791 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 54 | #854 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 64 | #762 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 58 | #837 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 66 | #769 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 60 | #845 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 61 | #837 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 67 | #797 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 65 | #830 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 78 | #723 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 75 | #759 | 0.07 |
| 1924 | 77 | #761 | 0.07 |
| 1923 | 90 | #676 | 0.08 |
| 1922 | 95 | #658 | 0.09 |
| 1921 | 87 | #693 | 0.08 |
| 1920 | 96 | #646 | 0.09 |
| 1919 | 101 | #600 | 0.10 |
| 1918 | 115 | #564 | 0.11 |
| 1917 | 101 | #591 | 0.11 |
| 1916 | 89 | #618 | 0.10 |
| 1915 | 72 | #683 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 53 | #714 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 34 | #819 | 0.07 |
| 1912 | 45 | #610 | 0.10 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,127 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 11 | #988 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 11 | #905 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 9 | #961 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 14 | #705 | 0.10 |
| 1904 | 7 | #980 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,185 | 0.04 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,072 | 0.05 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,021 | 0.05 |
| 1895 | 10 | #698 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 10 | #680 | 0.09 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,089 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Carlyle a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,071 Americans recorded as Carlyle, 5% are girls and 95% boys. In 2025 it went to 20 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Carlyle: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Carlyle, and how old are they?
1,640 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 40% of the 4,071 Americans ever recorded as Carlyle. The median Carlyle alive today is 43 years old; half are between 19 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 2,026 people named Carlyle (285 women and girls, 1,741 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,740 born in the U.S. The Census count is 16% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 158 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 388 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 227 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 307 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 230 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 323 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Carlyle born?
The states with the most babies named Carlyle are New York, North Carolina and Illinois, with 43% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 185 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 107 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 89 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Virginia | 87 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 77 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Michigan | 62 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Minnesota | 61 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Iowa | 51 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Wisconsin | 44 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| South Carolina | 29 | not ranked | 0.4× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Carlyle with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 4,677 babies since 1880, Carlyle is the most given (87% of them). In 2025 it was given to 20 of their 20 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Carlyle
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Carlyle and names like it
- Compare Carlyle and CarleBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sCarlyle peaked in 1918.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Carlyle since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Carlyle: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Carlyle.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Carlyle alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.