Doyle
Last seen for girls in 1962 at #5,860 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1931 · 667 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 30,400since 1889
Doyle over time
Rank among boys' names. Doyle has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,257 | 11 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,255 | 9 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,032 | 14 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,034 | 11 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,173 | 11 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,345 | 13 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,111 | 18 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,676 | 12 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,171 | 17 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,050 | 11 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,678 | 20 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,582 | 21 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,823 | 27 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,591 | 29 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,306 | 32 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,022 | 34 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,636 | 25 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,838 | 22 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,794 | 22 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,410 | 25 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,578 | 36 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,608 | 33 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,450 | 35 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,750 | 28 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,590 | 29 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,955 | 43 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,041 | 40 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,875 | 44 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,546 | 57 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,798 | 44 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,464 | 59 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,398 | 61 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,329 | 60 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,400 | 52 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,320 | 55 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,228 | 60 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,096 | 67 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,107 | 65 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,023 | 78 | |
| 1981 | — | #964 | 87 | |
| 1980 | — | #974 | 85 | |
| 1979 | — | #882 | 98 | |
| 1978 | — | #865 | 99 | |
| 1977 | — | #830 | 105 | |
| 1976 | — | #763 | 118 | |
| 1975 | — | #749 | 124 | |
| 1974 | — | #628 | 163 | |
| 1973 | — | #655 | 148 | |
| 1972 | — | #621 | 160 | |
| 1971 | — | #552 | 213 | |
| 1970 | — | #529 | 234 | |
| 1969 | — | #463 | 273 | |
| 1968 | — | #453 | 285 | |
| 1967 | — | #450 | 280 | |
| 1966 | — | #396 | 358 | |
| 1965 | — | #437 | 312 | |
| 1964 | — | #414 | 378 | |
| 1963 | — | #421 | 363 | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #391 | 427 |
| 1961 | — | #403 | 385 | |
| 1960 | — | #393 | 404 | |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #374 | 446 |
| 1958 | — | #359 | 458 | |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #338 | 499 |
| 1956 | — | #324 | 526 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #314 | 545 |
| 1954 | — | #315 | 515 | |
| 1953 | — | #319 | 487 | |
| 1952 | — | #295 | 563 | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #304 | 519 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #298 | 521 |
| 1949 | — | #273 | 595 | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #300 | 532 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #272 | 620 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #286 | 509 |
| 1945 | — | #283 | 456 | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #252 | 530 |
| 1943 | — | #266 | 521 | |
| 1942 | — | #238 | 568 | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #222 | 577 |
| 1940 | — | #207 | 621 | |
| 1939 | — | #214 | 569 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #208 | 585 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | #207 | 576 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | #203 | 597 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #199 | 629 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #203 | 608 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | #196 | 611 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | #214 | 578 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | #195 | 667 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #214 | 601 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #227 | 559 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #228 | 578 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #232 | 569 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #250 | 496 |
| 1925 | — | #254 | 500 | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #262 | 468 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #263 | 459 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #269 | 442 |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 | #260 | 464 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #280 | 395 |
| 1919 | — | #312 | 315 | |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #313 | 321 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #288 | 327 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #309 | 282 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #323 | 264 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | #325 | 198 |
| 1913 | — | #351 | 139 | |
| 1912 | — | #357 | 115 | |
| 1911 | — | #395 | 52 | |
| 1910 | — | #421 | 41 | |
| 1909 | — | #519 | 25 | |
| 1908 | — | #438 | 30 | |
| 1907 | — | #359 | 38 | |
| 1906 | — | #465 | 23 | |
| 1905 | — | #491 | 21 | |
| 1904 | — | #647 | 13 | |
| 1903 | — | #550 | 16 | |
| 1902 | — | #404 | 25 | |
| 1901 | — | #683 | 10 | |
| 1900 | — | #649 | 15 | |
| 1899 | — | #583 | 12 | |
| 1898 | — | #573 | 14 | |
| 1897 | — | #515 | 15 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #673 | 9 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Doyle! It came in at #673, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1893, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Doyle is popular in 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#69 · 1 in 314
- Oklahoma#85 · 1 in 383
- Tennessee#110 · 1 in 596
- Idaho#119 · 1 in 506
- Utah#137 · 1 in 659
Best ever in a state: #43 in Florida, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #69 | 58 | 1 in 314 |
| Oklahoma | #85 | 55 | 1 in 383 |
| Tennessee | #110 | 45 | 1 in 596 |
| Idaho | #119 | 9 | 1 in 506 |
| Missouri | #137 | 33 | 1 in 842 |
| Utah | #137 | 8 | 1 in 659 |
| Texas | #145 | 84 | 1 in 704 |
| Alabama | #150 | 30 | 1 in 917 |
| Georgia | #155 | 28 | 1 in 1,057 |
| Mississippi | #160 | 22 | 1 in 975 |
| Iowa | #170 | 15 | 1 in 1,337 |
| Nebraska | #181 | 8 | 1 in 1,250 |
| Kentucky | #185 | 22 | 1 in 1,271 |
| Indiana | #195 | 14 | 1 in 1,928 |
| Kansas | #201 | 8 | 1 in 1,656 |
| Louisiana | #201 | 17 | 1 in 1,258 |
| Florida | #207 | 10 | 1 in 1,382 |
| West Virginia | #228 | 10 | 1 in 1,917 |
| Ohio | #247 | 15 | 1 in 3,514 |
| California | #261 | 19 | 1 in 2,479 |
| North Carolina | #273 | 15 | 1 in 2,381 |
| Michigan | #295 | 10 | 1 in 4,430 |
| South Carolina | #331 | 5 | 1 in 3,878 |
| Pennsylvania | #350 | 11 | 1 in 6,928 |
| Illinois | #375 | 8 | 1 in 7,132 |
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| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Doyle
- 422 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #7,679)
- 645 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #7,679)
- 1,003 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #7,679)
- Biggest jump: 311 spots in 1897 (#826 → #515)
- Biggest drop: 321 spots in 1890 (#673 → #994)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1931 at #195 (667 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 34 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1894–1981
- Highest: 1 in 1,559 boys born in 1931 were named Doyle (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.8% of all boys named Doyle (6,021) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 9 | #673 (1889) | #673 |
| 1890s | 87 | #515 (1897) | #791 |
| 1900s | 216 | #359 (1907) | #521 |
| 1910s | 2,054 | #288 (1917) | #339 |
| 1920s | 4,930 | #227 (1929) | #253 |
| 1930s | 6,021 | #195 (1931) | #205 |
| 1940s | 5,529 | #207 (1940) | #260 |
| 1950s | 5,079 | #295 (1952) | #324 |
| 1960s | 3,465 | #391 (1962) | #422 |
| 1970s | 1,462 | #529 (1970) | #707 |
| 1980s | 670 | #964 (1981) | #1,184 |
| 1990s | 412 | #1,464 (1990) | #2,108 |
| 2000s | 273 | #2,578 (2000) | #3,558 |
| 2010s | 130 | #4,678 (2010) | #6,609 |
| 2020s | 63 | #6,032 (2021) | #7,541 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Doyle in 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 220,691 of them was named Doyle, which outranked 13.1% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 653 names at #4,342; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 1,896 of them was named Doyle, which outranked 94.8% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).