Carlysle — boys' name
14 babies named Carlysle in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Carlysle was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Carlysle in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Carlysle
The Social Security Administration has registered 14 babies named Carlysle between 1917 and 1930, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Carlysle currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1930. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Carlysle performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 8 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Carlysle shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Carlysle 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 14 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.
Carlysle at a glance
Last recorded 1930Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Carlysle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–1917
- Peak year (1917)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1930.
14 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 8 births in a single year.
Carlysle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 8 births that decade — 57% of Carlysle's all-time total
Carlysle decade highlights
- Peak decade 8 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Carlysle's strongest decade
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–1930 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.