Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Carlisle**

#2,862 most common boys' name of all time · #6,910 across all names · 80% male / 20% female · used 1888–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#2,862
Rank overall
#6,910 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
120 of 146
All-time
2,329
Since 2016
503
Peak year
2010 #2,879
Best rank
#649 1893
Girls Boys peak 62/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Carlisle first appears in 1888. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 9 36 45 #3,244
2024 12 36 48 #3,277
2023 16 34 50 #3,424
2022 11 38 49 #3,154
2021 12 42 54 #2,921
2020 16 40 56 #2,933
2019 6 34 40 #3,352
2018 13 42 55 #2,853
2017 12 40 52 #2,956
2016 15 39 54 #3,001
2015 14 35 49 #3,235
2014 14 35 49 #3,164
2013 18 29 47 #3,593
2012 10 47 57 #2,597
2011 10 23 33 #4,231
2010 21 41 62 #2,879
2009 12 12 24 #6,830
2008 14 10 24 #7,726
2007 9 6 15 #10,963
2006 15 7 22 #9,623
2005 15 — 15 —
2004 12 — 12 —
2003 11 8 19 #7,874
2002 7 — 7 —
2001 14 5 19 #10,600
2000 14 6 20 #9,175
1999 15 6 21 #8,750
1998 13 5 18 #9,687
1997 16 8 24 #6,661
1996 16 5 21 #9,072
1995 10 7 17 #7,038
1994 7 6 13 #7,822
1993 14 11 25 #5,035
1992 — 11 11 #4,903
1991 12 6 18 #7,336
1990 12 11 23 #4,695
1989 — 8 8 #5,674
1988 — 10 10 #4,479
1987 8 5 13 #7,019
1986 — 7 7 #5,386
1985 — 5 5 #6,601
1984 6 6 12 #5,625
1983 — 13 13 #3,256
1981 — 9 9 #4,190
1980 — 7 7 #4,986
1979 — 8 8 #4,449
1978 — 11 11 #3,425
1977 — 7 7 #4,635
1976 — 8 8 #4,064
1975 — 7 7 #4,373
1974 — 11 11 #3,159
1973 — 10 10 #3,269
1972 — 9 9 #3,389
1971 — 12 12 #2,845
1970 — 9 9 #3,314
1969 — 6 6 #4,006
1968 — 10 10 #2,770
1967 — 8 8 #3,042
1966 — 5 5 #4,032
1964 — 6 6 #3,669
1963 — 10 10 #2,713
1962 — 7 7 #3,366
1961 — 9 9 #2,943
1960 — 5 5 #4,113
1959 — 12 12 #2,442
1958 — 7 7 #3,334
1957 — 9 9 #2,869
1956 — 9 9 #2,838
1955 — 11 11 #2,464
1954 — 14 14 #2,145
1953 — 10 10 #2,577
1952 — 9 9 #2,726
1951 — 10 10 #2,539
1950 — 17 17 #1,835
1949 — 9 9 #2,662
1948 — 18 18 #1,780
1947 — 14 14 #2,102
1946 — 19 19 #1,665
1945 — 11 11 #2,165
1944 6 20 26 #1,546
1943 — 23 23 #1,471
1942 — 15 15 #1,893
1941 — 16 16 #1,780
1940 — 10 10 #2,377
1939 — 12 12 #2,086
1938 — 10 10 #2,368
1937 — 23 23 #1,424
1936 — 17 17 #1,668
1935 — 26 26 #1,339
1934 — 11 11 #2,300
1933 — 20 20 #1,558
1932 — 24 24 #1,446
1931 — 16 16 #1,875
1930 — 17 17 #1,842
1929 — 17 17 #1,876
1928 — 20 20 #1,724
1927 — 17 17 #1,990
1926 — 24 24 #1,545
1925 — 25 25 #1,515
1924 — 29 29 #1,397
1923 — 27 27 #1,439
1922 — 17 17 #1,982
1921 — 26 26 #1,494
1920 — 29 29 #1,369
1919 — 39 39 #1,112
1918 — 29 29 #1,330
1917 — 29 29 #1,280
1916 — 26 26 #1,355
1915 — 29 29 #1,231
1914 — 10 10 #2,158
1913 — 12 12 #1,620
1912 — 14 14 #1,315
1906 — 5 5 #1,353
1904 — 5 5 #1,333
1898 — 5 5 #1,242
1896 — 5 5 #1,228
1894 — 9 9 #785
1893 — 11 11 #649
1890 — 6 6 #982
1888 — 9 9 #752