Carlisle
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #3,239 for boys
Carlisle is a boys' name, meaning “fort”. In 2025 it ranked 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).
What does Carlisle mean?
“fort”
A unisex given name.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Carlisle a girl's or a boy's name?
Carlisle is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 36 boys in the US.
How popular is Carlisle in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 7 boys.
Carlisle in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
How popular is Carlisle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 47,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Carlisle, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,924th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 47 boys. It first appears in the records in 1888. 9 girls were also named Carlisle in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Carlisle in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 20% of the babies named Carlisle in the US were girls.
Carlisle in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,239 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,917 |
| 2020 | 40 | #2,924 |
| 2019 | 34 | #3,344 |
| 2018 | 42 | #2,847 |
| 2017 | 40 | #2,950 |
| 2016 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2015 | 35 | #3,230 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 47 | #2,593 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,434 |
| 1954 | 14 | #2,113 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,757 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 19 | #1,641 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,130 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,524 |
| 1943 | 23 | #1,460 |
| 1942 | 15 | #1,867 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,759 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,403 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,639 |
| 1935 | 26 | #1,326 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,540 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,426 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,843 |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,821 |
| 1929 | 17 | #1,848 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,707 |
| 1927 | 17 | #1,959 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,515 |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,493 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,380 |
| 1923 | 27 | #1,420 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,475 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,348 |
| 1919 | 39 | #1,097 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,312 |
| 1917 | 29 | #1,264 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,335 |
| 1915 | 29 | #1,217 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,267 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 9 | #729 |
| 1893 | 11 | #615 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 9 | #704 |
Names like Carlisle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Theodore, Charlie, Oliver, Archie, Leo, George, Louie, Ollie, Henry, Theo, Harrison, Arthur
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Carlisle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carlisle, updated 20 October 2026.