Lisle — boys' name
543 babies named Lisle in U.S. Social Security records since 1885, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Lisle was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Lisle in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lisle
The Social Security Administration has registered 543 babies named Lisle between 1885 and 1979, spanning 95 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lisle currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lisle performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 145 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Lisle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Lisle in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lisle 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 543 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.
Lisle at a glance
Last recorded 1979Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lisle popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1885
- Peak year (1924)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 95 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1979.
543 total births across 95 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 21 births in a single year.
Lisle popularity over time — girls
21 total births recorded since 1941 (Lisle as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Lisle accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lisle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 145 births that decade — 27% of Lisle's all-time total
Lisle decade highlights
- Peak decade 145 births
- Runner-up 96 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Lisle's strongest decade
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Lisle by state
Where Lisle concentrates geographically — total births since 1885
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 543 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 0.9% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 0.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1885–1979 (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.