Meaning and history
From a surname derived from the name of the city of Carlisle in northern England, which the Romans originally called Luguvalium, meaning “stronghold of Lugus”; the Brythonic element ker, meaning “fort,” was later added to the city’s name.
20062006: 7 births, rank #9,585
2007: 6 births, rank #10,921
2008: 10 births, rank #7,698
2009: 12 births, rank #6,802
2010: 41 births, rank #2,874
20112011: 23 births, rank #4,221
2012: 47 births, rank #2,594
2013: 29 births, rank #3,582
2014: 35 births, rank #3,154
2015: 35 births, rank #3,231
20162016: 39 births, rank #2,993
2017: 40 births, rank #2,951
2018: 42 births, rank #2,848
2019: 34 births, rank #3,347
2020: 40 births, rank #2,925
20212021: 42 births, rank #2,918
2022: 38 births, rank #3,151
2023: 34 births, rank #3,416
2024: 36 births, rank #3,272
20252025: 36 births, rank #3,240
Carlisle moved from #623 to #744 for boys between 1893 and 1894. Its highest annual birth count came in 1893, with 11 births.