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

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Peak · boys
1931 · 667 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
30,400
since 1889

Doyle over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Doyle has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #195, 1931boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#7,67910
2024—#7,25711
2023—#8,2559
2022—#8,9908
2021—#6,03214
2020—#7,03411
2019—#7,17311
2018—#6,34513
2017—#5,11118
2016—#7,60510
2015—#6,67612
2014—#8,7818
2013—#5,17117
2012—#7,05011
2011—#7,50210
2010—#4,67820
2009—#4,58221
2008—#3,82327
2007—#3,59129
2006—#3,30632
2005—#3,02234
2004—#3,63625
2003—#3,83822
2002—#3,79422
2001—#3,41025
2000—#2,57836
1999—#2,60833
1998—#2,45035
1997—#2,75028
1996—#2,59029
1995—#1,95543
1994—#2,04140
1993—#1,87544
1992—#1,54657
1991—#1,79844
1990—#1,46459
1989—#1,39861
1988—#1,32960
1987—#1,40052
1986—#1,32055
1985—#1,22860
1984—#1,09667
1983—#1,10765
1982—#1,02378
1981—#96487
1980—#97485
1979—#88298
1978—#86599
1977—#830105
1976—#763118
1975—#749124
1974—#628163
1973—#655148
1972—#621160
1971—#552213
1970—#529234
1969—#463273
1968—#453285
1967—#450280
1966—#396358
1965—#437312
1964—#414378
1963—#421363
1962#5,8606#391427
1961—#403385
1960—#393404
1959#5,0317#374446
1958—#359458
1957#4,5368#338499
1956—#324526
1955#5,8285#314545
1954—#315515
1953—#319487
1952—#295563
1951#4,3857#304519
1950#4,7386#298521
1949—#273595
1948#4,6516#300532
1947#5,2955#272620
1946#4,4176#286509
1945—#283456
1944#3,6877#252530
1943—#266521
1942—#238568
1941#3,9546#222577
1940—#207621
1939—#214569
1938#4,3425#208585
1937#3,4347#207576
1936#3,1038#203597
1935#3,7426#199629
1934#3,4497#203608
1933#2,68810#196611
1932#2,64411#214578
1931#2,75010#195667
1930#3,6587#214601
1929#3,6827#227559
1928#3,7437#228578
1927#3,5618#232569
1926#3,8737#250496
1925—#254500
1924#4,4346#262468
1923#4,9675#263459
1922#3,6558#269442
1921#2,50914#260464
1920#3,09710#280395
1919—#312315
1918#3,2449#313321
1917#4,5945#288327
1916#3,9196#309282
1915#2,52611#323264
1914#2,4349#325198
1913—#351139
1912—#357115
1911—#39552
1910—#42141
1909—#51925
1908—#43830
1907—#35938
1906—#46523
1905—#49121
1904—#64713
1903—#55016
1902—#40425
1901—#68310
1900—#64915
1899—#58312
1898—#57314
1897—#51515
1896—#8268
1895—#8727
1894—#7878
1893—#1,0355
1892—#9566
1891—#7667
1890—#9945
1889—#6739
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First appearance
1889

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 1956

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Doyle, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Doyle, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Doyle, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Doyle, so not publishedNHWashington: #308 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,974 boysWAIdaho: #191 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,208 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Doyle, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #197 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,485 boysNDMinnesota: #294 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,711 boysMNIllinois: #412 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 8,023 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Doyle, so not publishedWIMichigan: #296 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 4,765 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Doyle, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Doyle, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Doyle, so not publishedRIOregon: #286 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,576 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Doyle, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Doyle, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #175 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,174 boysSDIowa: #212 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,361 boysIAIndiana: #244 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 2,764 boysINOhio: #408 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 8,898 boysOHPennsylvania: #518 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 17,586 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Doyle, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Doyle, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #347 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 4,301 boysCAUtah: #256 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,003 boysUTColorado: #288 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,911 boysCONebraska: #200 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,783 boysNEMissouri: #260 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,832 boysMOKentucky: #258 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,596 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Doyle, so not publishedWVVirginia: #472 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,886 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Doyle, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Doyle, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Doyle, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Doyle, so not publishedNMKansas: #228 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,905 boysKSArkansas: #171 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,070 boysARTennessee: #173 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 1,241 boysTNNorth Carolina: #294 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 2,775 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Doyle, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Doyle, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #127 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 730 boysOKLouisiana: #315 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,817 boysLAMississippi: #348 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,567 boysMSAlabama: #240 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,817 boysALGeorgia: #275 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 2,389 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Doyle, so not publishedHITexas: #248 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 1,568 boysTXFlorida: #286 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,776 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Oklahoma#127 · 1 in 730
  2. Arkansas#171 · 1 in 1,070
  3. Tennessee#173 · 1 in 1,241
  4. South Dakota#175 · 1 in 1,174
  5. Idaho#191 · 1 in 1,208

Best ever in a state: #43 in Florida, 1928.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#127341 in 730
Arkansas#171191 in 1,070
Tennessee#173331 in 1,241
South Dakota#17571 in 1,174
Idaho#19161 in 1,208
North Dakota#19751 in 1,485
Nebraska#20091 in 1,783
Iowa#212131 in 2,361
Kansas#228131 in 1,905
Alabama#240221 in 1,817
Indiana#244201 in 2,764
Texas#248791 in 1,568
Utah#25661 in 2,003
Kentucky#258141 in 2,596
Missouri#260171 in 2,832
Georgia#275211 in 2,389
Florida#286171 in 2,776
Oregon#28651 in 3,576
Colorado#28871 in 2,911
Minnesota#29471 in 5,711
North Carolina#294201 in 2,775
Michigan#296211 in 4,765
Washington#30881 in 3,974
Louisiana#315151 in 2,817
California#347391 in 4,301
Mississippi#34881 in 3,567
Ohio#408131 in 8,898
Illinois#412141 in 8,023
Virginia#47251 in 8,886
Pennsylvania#51871 in 17,586
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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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
42 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1931 at #195 (667 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 34 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 92 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1894–1981
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,559
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 19.8% of all boys named Doyle (6,021) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s9#673 (1889)#673
1890s87#515 (1897)#791
1900s216#359 (1907)#521
1910s2,054#288 (1917)#339
1920s4,930#227 (1929)#253
1930s6,021#195 (1931)#205
1940s5,529#207 (1940)#260
1950s5,079#295 (1952)#324
1960s3,465#391 (1962)#422
1970s1,462#529 (1970)#707
1980s670#964 (1981)#1,184
1990s412#1,464 (1990)#2,108
2000s273#2,578 (2000)#3,558
2010s130#4,678 (2010)#6,609
2020s63#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 1956

boys
#324
526 births · 1 in 4,021 boys

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #324Doyle526
More about 1956

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 4,021 of them was named Doyle, which outranked 92.7% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Doyle
  1. #320Rene539
  2. #322Jacob538
  3. #323Sherman533
  4. #324Doyle526
  5. #325Fernando517
  6. #326Leland516
  7. #327Rory511
Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,847Jace#2,764 → #917
  2. ↑ 678Rich#1,572 → #894
  3. ↑ 590Broderick#1,273 → #683
  4. ↑ 559Elvis#921 → #362
  5. ↑ 513Tracey#1,419 → #906
Fallers
  1. ↓ 351Adolphus#906 → #1,257
  2. ↓ 336Randolf#949 → #1,285
  3. ↓ 279Cordell#792 → #1,071
  4. ↓ 272Rudolfo#885 → #1,157
  5. ↓ 269Aurelio#949 → #1,218

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1956 →