Meaning not yet researched.
Carlisle: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 36 in 2025. Its best rank was #623 in 1893.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #623 in 1893; #3,256 in 2025. About 80% of babies named Carlisle in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,256 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1893, at #623.
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Carlisle: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 36 boys in 2025. Peak: #623 in 1893 · most boys in one year: 47 (2012).
In 2025, 36 US boys were named Carlisle, making it the 3,256th most common boys’ name of the year, up 25 places from #3,281 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 36 boys named Carlisle in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #623, reached in 1893. The most boys given the name in a single year was 47, in 2012. For comparison, it was #3,241 in 2015 and #1,827 in 1950.
In 2025, 9 US girls were named Carlisle, making it the 10,256th most common girls’ name of the year, down 1,704 places from #8,552 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 12 girls named Carlisle in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #4,122, reached in 1944. The most girls given the name in a single year was 21, in 2010. For comparison, it was #8,090 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Carlisle in 120 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1888 with 9 babies. In all, 2,329 US babies have been given the name, 20% of them girls and 80% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 498 babies named Carlisle.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 381 US boys were named Carlisle; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 42. In 2025 that was about 1 in 47,447 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Carlysle and Karlisle are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Carlysle (14), Karlisle (8).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Carlisle in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,256 | 36 | #3,256 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,552 | 36 | #3,281 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,993 | 34 | #3,429 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,171 | 38 | #3,164 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,580 | 42 | #2,925 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,987 | 40 | #2,936 |
| 2019 | 6 | #14,160 | 34 | #3,360 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,241 | 42 | #2,854 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,907 | 40 | #2,964 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,669 | 39 | #3,007 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,090 | 35 | #3,241 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,141 | 35 | #3,164 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,793 | 29 | #3,593 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,594 | 47 | #2,602 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,549 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,224 | 41 | #2,879 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,506 | 12 | #6,871 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,619 | 10 | #7,782 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,818 | 6 | #11,137 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,947 | 7 | #9,723 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,582 | — | — |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,823 | — | — |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,167 | 8 | #7,958 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,447 | — | — |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,388 | 5 | #10,820 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,241 | 6 | #9,254 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,556 | 6 | #8,857 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,181 | 5 | #9,835 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,923 | 8 | #6,698 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,826 | 5 | #9,202 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,184 | 7 | #7,098 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,751 | 6 | #7,911 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,320 | 11 | #5,051 |
| 1992 | — | — | 11 | #4,918 |
| 1991 | 12 | #7,031 | 6 | #7,394 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,930 | 11 | #4,707 |
| 1989 | — | — | 8 | #5,706 |
| 1988 | — | — | 10 | #4,493 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,107 | 5 | #7,101 |
| 1986 | — | — | 7 | #5,414 |
| 1985 | — | — | 5 | #6,669 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,293 | 6 | #5,669 |
| 1983 | — | — | 13 | #3,261 |
| 1981 | — | — | 9 | #4,195 |
| 1980 | — | — | 7 | #5,004 |
| 1979 | — | — | 8 | #4,463 |
| 1978 | — | — | 11 | #3,427 |
| 1977 | — | — | 7 | #4,652 |
| 1976 | — | — | 8 | #4,057 |
| 1975 | — | — | 7 | #4,379 |
| 1974 | — | — | 11 | #3,161 |
| 1973 | — | — | 10 | #3,259 |
| 1972 | — | — | 9 | #3,382 |
| 1971 | — | — | 12 | #2,835 |
| 1970 | — | — | 9 | #3,310 |
| 1969 | — | — | 6 | #4,002 |
| 1968 | — | — | 10 | #2,755 |
| 1967 | — | — | 8 | #3,023 |
| 1966 | — | — | 5 | #4,026 |
| 1964 | — | — | 6 | #3,656 |
| 1963 | — | — | 10 | #2,693 |
| 1962 | — | — | 7 | #3,348 |
| 1961 | — | — | 9 | #2,923 |
| 1960 | — | — | 5 | #4,111 |
| 1959 | — | — | 12 | #2,432 |
| 1958 | — | — | 7 | #3,315 |
| 1957 | — | — | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1956 | — | — | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1955 | — | — | 11 | #2,449 |
| 1954 | — | — | 14 | #2,125 |
| 1953 | — | — | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1952 | — | — | 9 | #2,699 |
| 1951 | — | — | 10 | #2,523 |
| 1950 | — | — | 17 | #1,827 |
| 1949 | — | — | 9 | #2,634 |
| 1948 | — | — | 18 | #1,766 |
| 1947 | — | — | 14 | #2,087 |
| 1946 | — | — | 19 | #1,646 |
| 1945 | — | — | 11 | #2,147 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,122 | 20 | #1,531 |
| 1943 | — | — | 23 | #1,465 |
| 1942 | — | — | 15 | #1,875 |
| 1941 | — | — | 16 | #1,768 |
| 1940 | — | — | 10 | #2,346 |
| 1939 | — | — | 12 | #2,071 |
| 1938 | — | — | 10 | #2,351 |
| 1937 | — | — | 23 | #1,410 |
| 1936 | — | — | 17 | #1,651 |
| 1935 | — | — | 26 | #1,330 |
| 1934 | — | — | 11 | #2,287 |
| 1933 | — | — | 20 | #1,547 |
| 1932 | — | — | 24 | #1,434 |
| 1931 | — | — | 16 | #1,860 |
| 1930 | — | — | 17 | #1,831 |
| 1929 | — | — | 17 | #1,857 |
| 1928 | — | — | 20 | #1,717 |
| 1927 | — | — | 17 | #1,967 |
| 1926 | — | — | 24 | #1,521 |
| 1925 | — | — | 25 | #1,501 |
| 1924 | — | — | 29 | #1,383 |
| 1923 | — | — | 27 | #1,428 |
| 1922 | — | — | 17 | #1,965 |
| 1921 | — | — | 26 | #1,484 |
| 1920 | — | — | 29 | #1,352 |
| 1919 | — | — | 39 | #1,102 |
| 1918 | — | — | 29 | #1,318 |
| 1917 | — | — | 29 | #1,273 |
| 1916 | — | — | 26 | #1,343 |
| 1915 | — | — | 29 | #1,220 |
| 1914 | — | — | 10 | #2,123 |
| 1913 | — | — | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1912 | — | — | 14 | #1,283 |
| 1906 | — | — | 5 | #1,270 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,236 |
| 1898 | — | — | 5 | #1,146 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,125 |
| 1894 | — | — | 9 | #744 |
| 1893 | — | — | 11 | #623 |
| 1890 | — | — | 6 | #903 |
| 1888 | — | — | 9 | #711 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).