Castle
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Castle
A powerful word and surname, conjuring up ideas of royalty, drawbridges, and knights, Castle is currently on the up for boys in the US, though it's yet to enter the charts for girls. With recent interest in Chapel and Banks, however, and the potential for nickname Cassie, Castle doesn't seem too far-fetched. Derived from the Latin castellum, meaning "fortified place", it was given to 25 boys in a recent year, and with its connection to protection and the Disney Castle, it may just start to appeal as a girl name too.
Castle for boys#5430 US
This evocative word name conjures up royalty, drawbridges, and medieval chain mail knights. The word castle was derived from the Latin castellum, meaning "fortified place." Castle was first recorded on the charts all the way back in 1916, when it was given to five baby boys. After the better part of a century, Castle reappeared in 1998 and has been trending upwards ever since. In a recent year, 25 boys received the name.
Pronounced KAS-ul.
As of October 2026, Castle ranked #5430 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3460 in 2018.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | #3,899 | 27 | 14.1 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | #4,126 | 25 | 13.5 |
| 2018 | #3,460 | 32 | 17.6 |
| 2019 | #4,992 | 19 | 10.6 |
| 2020 | #4,163 | 24 | 13.9 |
| 2021 | #4,032 | 26 | 14.9 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | #4,201 | 25 | 14.5 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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