Kyel
- Last seen for girls in 1992 at #13,317
- #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
- Given to boys 98.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1990 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 299since 1982
Kyel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kyel has never cracked the top 4,000 here.
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.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,861 | 15 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,832 | 12 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,738 | 10 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,300 | 9 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,089 | 11 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,296 | 13 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,040 | 9 | |
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,001 | 14 | |
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,236 | 11 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,019 | 8 | |
| 2007 | — | #10,921 | 6 | |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #8,435 | 5 |
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| 1990 | — | #4,167 | 13 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1982
The first year at least five boys were named Kyel! It came in at #6,385, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1982–1988, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kyel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kyel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kyel
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 435 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #5,861)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1982
- Peaked 1990 at #4,167 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 113,872
- Highest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 were named Kyel (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #4,167 in 1990, was only 1 in 158,003 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 24.4% of all boys named Kyel (73) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 16 | #6,385 (1982) | #6,865 |
| 1990s | 70 | #4,167 (1990) | #6,952 |
| 2000s | 70 | #7,236 (2009) | #9,322 |
| 2010s | 73 | #6,001 (2012) | #9,280 |
| 2020s | 70 | #5,861 (2025) | #7,019 |
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.
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