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.

Carlyle*

#2,012 most common boys' name of all time · #4,830 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1892–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#2,012
Rank overall
#4,830 of 105,966
First appeared
1892
Years on the list
126 of 146
All-time
4,071
Since 2016
260
Peak year
1918 #567
Best rank
#567 1918
Girls Boys peak 115/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Carlyle first appears in 1892. 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 — 20 20 #4,866
2024 — 16 16 #5,672
2023 8 15 23 #5,946
2022 5 17 22 #5,457
2021 6 22 28 #4,501
2020 — 23 23 #4,287
2019 7 24 31 #4,239
2018 8 26 34 #4,005
2017 6 26 32 #4,000
2016 8 23 31 #4,337
2015 — 18 18 #5,074
2014 — 21 21 #4,560
2013 7 19 26 #4,811
2012 — 10 10 #7,585
2011 — 13 13 #6,274
2010 5 12 17 #6,713
2009 — 10 10 #7,728
2008 10 10 20 #7,731
2007 10 9 19 #8,210
2006 — 10 10 #7,463
2005 — 7 7 #9,162
2004 10 5 15 #11,416
2003 — 11 11 #6,282
2002 — 12 12 #5,748
2001 8 13 21 #5,410
2000 5 5 10 #10,415
1999 6 14 20 #4,786
1998 5 14 19 #4,674
1997 10 10 20 #5,671
1996 7 12 19 #4,902
1995 9 13 22 #4,537
1994 6 10 16 #5,491
1993 9 19 28 #3,384
1992 7 19 26 #3,359
1991 7 20 27 #3,127
1990 7 21 28 #2,967
1989 — 16 16 #3,476
1988 — 20 20 #2,779
1987 — 21 21 #2,580
1986 — 9 9 #4,503
1985 7 13 20 #3,435
1984 — 22 22 #2,305
1983 — 13 13 #3,261
1982 — 22 22 #2,294
1981 — 13 13 #3,248
1980 — 16 16 #2,859
1979 — 21 21 #2,318
1978 — 11 11 #3,428
1977 — 15 15 #2,810
1976 — 17 17 #2,526
1975 — 18 18 #2,385
1974 — 14 14 #2,694
1973 — 14 14 #2,626
1972 — 17 17 #2,258
1971 — 20 20 #2,070
1970 — 21 21 #1,955
1969 — 18 18 #1,992
1968 — 17 17 #1,982
1967 — 9 9 #2,811
1966 — 13 13 #2,241
1965 — 16 16 #2,016
1964 — 21 21 #1,746
1963 — 8 8 #3,101
1962 — 18 18 #1,915
1961 — 20 20 #1,842
1960 — 28 28 #1,535
1959 — 24 24 #1,638
1958 — 33 33 #1,355
1957 — 25 25 #1,605
1956 — 32 32 #1,373
1955 — 38 38 #1,229
1954 5 46 51 #1,107
1953 — 38 38 #1,223
1952 — 26 26 #1,493
1951 — 30 30 #1,359
1950 — 56 56 #921
1949 — 45 45 #1,056
1948 — 37 37 #1,185
1947 — 48 48 #1,045
1946 — 33 33 #1,225
1945 — 36 36 #1,094
1944 — 44 44 #985
1943 7 40 47 #1,083
1942 — 39 39 #1,104
1941 — 40 40 #1,029
1940 — 39 39 #1,042
1939 — 48 48 #902
1938 — 42 42 #985
1937 — 46 46 #928
1936 — 53 53 #840
1935 — 61 61 #794
1934 — 54 54 #859
1933 — 64 64 #768
1932 — 58 58 #840
1931 — 66 66 #773
1930 — 60 60 #854
1929 — 61 61 #841
1928 — 67 67 #803
1927 — 65 65 #835
1926 — 78 78 #725
1925 — 75 75 #762
1924 — 77 77 #770
1923 — 90 90 #680
1922 5 95 100 #664
1921 5 87 92 #695
1920 5 96 101 #648
1919 — 101 101 #602
1918 — 115 115 #567
1917 — 101 101 #593
1916 — 89 89 #619
1915 — 72 72 #687
1914 5 53 58 #723
1913 — 34 34 #831
1912 — 45 45 #621
1911 — 10 10 #1,168
1910 — 11 11 #1,039
1909 — 11 11 #938
1908 — 9 9 #1,010
1907 — 14 14 #733
1904 — 7 7 #1,048
1900 — 6 6 #1,276
1899 — 5 5 #1,179
1898 — 6 6 #1,108
1895 — 10 10 #737
1894 — 10 10 #729
1892 — 5 5 #1,234