Carlyle
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- kar-LYLE
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Carlyle is a name of English origin, meaning “fort of Luguvalos”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Carlyle mean?
English: surname from the city of Carlisle, from Brittonic Caer Luel
“fort of Luguvalos”
Victorian historian and essayist Thomas Carlyle wrote The French Revolution and Sartor Resartus.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Carlyle a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Carlyle has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US.
How popular is Carlyle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Carlyle, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 1918, with 115 boys. It first appears in the records in 1892.
Half of all the boys named Carlyle in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1964, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 9% of the babies named Carlyle in the US in 1914, and 23% in 2019.
Carlyle in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,760 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 22 | #2,291 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 22 | #2,268 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,790 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,507 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,604 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,243 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,051 |
| 1970 | 21 | #1,938 |
| 1969 | 18 | #1,976 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,822 |
| 1960 | 28 | #1,522 |
| 1959 | 24 | #1,619 |
| 1958 | 33 | #1,344 |
| 1957 | 25 | #1,582 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,361 |
| 1955 | 38 | #1,218 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,100 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,213 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,484 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,343 |
| 1950 | 56 | #917 |
| 1949 | 45 | #1,046 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,172 |
| 1947 | 48 | #1,035 |
| 1946 | 33 | #1,216 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,077 |
| 1944 | 44 | #974 |
| 1943 | 40 | #1,074 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,089 |
| 1941 | 40 | #1,019 |
| 1940 | 39 | #1,031 |
| 1939 | 48 | #900 |
| 1938 | 42 | #977 |
| 1937 | 46 | #922 |
| 1936 | 53 | #832 |
| 1935 | 61 | #790 |
| 1934 | 54 | #853 |
| 1933 | 64 | #762 |
| 1932 | 58 | #836 |
| 1931 | 66 | #768 |
| 1930 | 60 | #841 |
| 1929 | 61 | #836 |
| 1928 | 67 | #796 |
| 1927 | 65 | #825 |
| 1926 | 78 | #722 |
| 1925 | 75 | #759 |
| 1924 | 77 | #759 |
| 1923 | 90 | #674 |
| 1922 | 95 | #657 |
| 1921 | 87 | #692 |
| 1920 | 96 | #646 |
| 1919 | 101 | #600 |
| 1918 | 115 | #564 |
| 1917 | 101 | #591 |
| 1916 | 89 | #617 |
| 1915 | 72 | #681 |
| 1914 | 53 | #712 |
| 1913 | 34 | #818 |
| 1912 | 45 | #608 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,116 |
| 1910 | 11 | #980 |
| 1909 | 11 | #893 |
| 1908 | 9 | #946 |
| 1907 | 14 | #699 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 10 | #685 |
| 1894 | 10 | #667 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
Names like Carlyle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Carlyle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carlyle, updated 20 October 2026.