Masculine dossier · first seen 1892

Carlyle

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Carlyle
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1918

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

115

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1892Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

86.1%

2024

All-time

3,836

Carlyle is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 115 boys were named Carlyle.

In 2024, only 16 boys were given the name.

Down 86.1% from its peak.

All told, about 3,836 Americans have been named Carlyle and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1892.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1918

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