Kayle
#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · Last seen for boys in 2014 at #7,048
Given to girls 86.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2000 · 190 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,028since 1955
Kayle over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #7,885 | 13 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,793 | 21 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,748 | 21 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,041 | 26 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,007 | 26 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,552 | 43 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,707 | 41 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,478 | 45 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,582 | 68 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #2,726 | 63 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #1,955 | 100 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #1,886 | 106 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #1,783 | 115 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #1,660 | 134 | #5,800 | 15 |
| 2008 | #1,685 | 132 | #5,487 | 16 |
| 2007 | #1,645 | 135 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #1,552 | 140 | #4,223 | 22 |
| 2005 | #1,466 | 144 | #4,824 | 17 |
| 2004 | #1,369 | 153 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #1,365 | 148 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #1,386 | 139 | #4,919 | 15 |
| 2001 | #1,322 | 145 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #1,088 | 190 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | #1,108 | 179 | #4,341 | 16 |
| 1998 | #1,123 | 171 | #4,413 | 15 |
| 1997 | #1,225 | 146 | #4,246 | 15 |
| 1996 | #1,358 | 124 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1995 | #1,306 | 127 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1994 | #1,337 | 126 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #1,409 | 115 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #1,290 | 132 | #2,747 | 25 |
| 1991 | #1,420 | 113 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #1,300 | 125 | #2,373 | 29 |
| 1989 | #1,454 | 101 | #2,690 | 23 |
| 1988 | #1,704 | 75 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | #1,733 | 69 | #2,838 | 18 |
| 1986 | #2,079 | 51 | #2,429 | 22 |
| 1985 | #3,246 | 27 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #2,018 | 50 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
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| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
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| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | — | |
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| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
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| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kayle! It came in at #5,208, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1956–1960, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kayle is popular in 2005
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alabama#717 · 1 in 3,947
- Louisiana#756 · 1 in 3,937
- Tennessee#762 · 1 in 4,439
- North Carolina#934 · 1 in 5,675
- Virginia#956 · 1 in 6,184
Best ever in a state: #425 in Mississippi, 2009.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #717 | 5 | 1 in 3,947 |
| Louisiana | #756 | 5 | 1 in 3,937 |
| Tennessee | #762 | 7 | 1 in 4,439 |
| North Carolina | #934 | 8 | 1 in 5,675 |
| Virginia | #956 | 6 | 1 in 6,184 |
| Florida | #1,101 | 11 | 1 in 7,792 |
| Arizona | #1,143 | 5 | 1 in 7,106 |
| Ohio | #1,178 | 6 | 1 in 9,547 |
| Michigan | #1,246 | 5 | 1 in 9,471 |
| Illinois | #1,441 | 6 | 1 in 11,193 |
| California | #1,531 | 17 | 1 in 13,554 |
| Texas | #1,617 | 12 | 1 in 13,384 |
| New York | #2,117 | 5 | 1 in 19,016 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Kayle
- 5,592 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #7,885)
- 2,398 spots since 2020 (#5,487 → #7,885)
- 4,407 spots since 2015 (#3,478 → #7,885)
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 2000 at #1,088 (190 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 9,558 girls born in 2000 were named Kayle (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 36.2% of all girls named Kayle (1,460) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1980, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 11 | #5,208 (1955) | #5,647 |
| 1960s | 13 | #5,309 (1961) | #5,778 |
| 1970s | 37 | #5,516 (1975) | #7,494 |
| 1980s | 418 | #1,454 (1989) | #3,851 |
| 1990s | 1,358 | #1,108 (1999) | #1,288 |
| 2000s | 1,460 | #1,088 (2000) | #1,454 |
| 2010s | 633 | #1,783 (2010) | #3,172 |
| 2020s | 98 | #5,487 (2020) | #7,606 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kayle in 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 12,832 of them was named Kayle, which outranked 92.4% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,462Lilyanna145
- #1,462Makenzi145
- #1,462Tegan145
- #1,466Kayle144
- #1,466Analisa144
- #1,466Cailin144
- #1,466Jacquelin144
- #1,471Adia143
- #1,471Ania143
- #1,471Elayna143
Tied with 4 names at #1,466; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 117,489 of them was named Kayle, which outranked 63.9% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,631Zedekiah18
- #4,631Ziaire18
- #4,631Zyair18
- #4,824Kayle17
- #4,824Aariz17
- #4,824Abdalla17
- #4,824Abdulahi17
- #5,034Abdulaziz16
- #5,034Acxel16
- #5,034Adama16
Tied with 209 names at #4,824; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.