# Carlyle (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/carlyle/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,071 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,856 / 215 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 6 | 12,963 |
| 2000 | 5 | 15,464 |
| 2001 | 8 | 11,202 |
| 2004 | 10 | 10,047 |
| 2007 | 10 | 10,984 |
| 2008 | 10 | 10,954 |
| 2010 | 5 | 17,548 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,453 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,003 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14,494 |
| 2018 | 8 | 11,608 |
| 2019 | 7 | 12,704 |
| 2021 | 6 | 13,817 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15,769 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11,382 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 6,310 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,639 |
| 2013 | 19 | 4,829 |
| 2014 | 21 | 4,561 |
| 2015 | 18 | 5,090 |
| 2016 | 23 | 4,348 |
| 2017 | 26 | 4,009 |
| 2018 | 26 | 4,007 |
| 2019 | 24 | 4,247 |
| 2020 | 23 | 4,298 |
| 2021 | 22 | 4,515 |
| 2022 | 17 | 5,473 |
| 2023 | 15 | 5,983 |
| 2024 | 16 | 5,702 |
| 2025 | 20 | 4,888 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |

## People named Carlyle

- Carlyle Blackwell, American silent film actor, director, and producer (1884-1955)
- Carlyle Smith Beals, Canadian astronomer (1899-1979)
- Carlyle Tapsell, field hockey player (1909–1975)
- Carlyle A. Luer, American botanist (1922–2019)
- Robert Byrd, American politician (1917–2010)
- Paul Ince, English association football player and manager
- David Rocastle, English association football player (1967–2001)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.