Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Carlye isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Carlye through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,066
- 0 boys · 1,066 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 52 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 52 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,078 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 65,124 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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