Carle
Carle is given name that is a variant of Carla. Notable people with this name include the following:
Meaning & Origin of Carle
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Carle is given name that is a variant of Carla. Notable people with this name include the following:
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The Story of Carle
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Carle as a girl name dates back to 1940, when 5 babies received it. 2005 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Carle — #10,920 in the national rankings. About 35% of every Carle on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Carle last appeared in the published SSA data in 2007, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 144 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Carle on the record books as a boy name in 1904, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1920, when 20 Carles were born — ranking #1,747 that year. About 23% of every Carle on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Carle last appeared in the published SSA data in 1982, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 462 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Carle
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About the name Carle
Carle is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1904 and has accumulated 462 births in the dataset. Carle's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #1,747. Use the chart and map above to compare Carle's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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