Karlyle — boys' name
17 babies named Karlyle in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Karlyle was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Karlyle in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Karlyle
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Karlyle between 2015 and 2018, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Karlyle currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Karlyle performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Karlyle 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 17 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.
Karlyle at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Karlyle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2015
- Peak year (2015)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
17 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 7 births in a single year.
Karlyle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 17 births that decade — 100% of Karlyle's all-time total
Karlyle decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Karlyle's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 2015–2018 (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.