Is Carlis a boy or girl name?

Carlis is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 1,399 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 12.7% were girls and 87.3% were boys. It changed hands in 1959, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Carlis

Recorded 1912–2012 · United States

Carlis was most popular in 1956, when 34 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,008 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,399 people named Carlis.

Carlis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Carlis’s peak in 1956. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Carlis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Carlis is mostly a boy’s name — 12.7% of the 1,399 Americans given it were girls and 87.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 1959 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org