Recorded 1892–2025 · United States
Carlyle was most popular in 1918, when 115 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,213 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,279, with 20 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 4,071 people named Carlyle.
Carlyle first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1892, which makes it about 133 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 126 of the 134 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 4,071 American births named Carlyle between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,684 are estimated to be alive today.
20 American babies were named Carlyle in 2025, ranking #10,279 that year.
Carlyle is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 22 births a year, against 18 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +24% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Carlyle is mostly a boy’s name — 5.3% of the 4,071 Americans given it were girls and 94.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 18% girls and 82% boys.
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.
Roughly 1,684 Americans named Carlyle are alive today — 41% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 44 years old, and half are between 21 and 71. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org