girls:
446 births since 1944
#5270 (8th percentile)
boys:
1.8k births since 1888
#2945 (36th percentile)
overall:
2.2k births since 1888
#5559 (28th percentile)
The name Carlisle is the #5,559 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,236 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 28.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 28.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,945 (35.7% percentile) for all time with 1,790 births since 1888. For girls, it ranks #5,270 (7.8% percentile) for all time with 446 births since 1944.
Carlisle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for boys and 1944 for girls). Birth data for Carlisle is available in 118 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023 (115 years for boys and 36 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Carlisle has been given predominantly to boys, with 80.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 68.0% of babies named Carlisle were boys.
For boys, Carlisle reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 6.4% percentile (ranked #501) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 1893, with 91 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2005, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Carlisle ranks #882 for boys (3.2% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 20.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Carlisle reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #928) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Carlisle ranks #936 for girls (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 85.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Carlisle".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Carlisle. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that Carlisle is pronounced as KAHR-lail, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAHR-LAIL, at 33.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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