Kyle

#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · #508 for boys in 2025, 594 births
Given to boys 98.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1990 · 22,710 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
36 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
485,780
since 1881

Kyle over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #18, 1990boys
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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#6,54617#508594
2024#4,38732#439721
2023#4,56530#417758
2022#5,30924#394808
2021#4,24533#363899
2020#3,33846#3131,056
2019#3,55243#2621,386
2018#2,64765#2231,682
2017#3,30548#2101,842
2016#3,58843#1992,039
2015#2,89060#1742,394
2014#2,58268#1792,388
2013#2,90358#1552,589
2012#3,16952#1272,968
2011#2,94558#1203,269
2010#4,39733#1073,581
2009#4,37034#994,180
2008#4,88230#974,705
2007#3,78642#865,355
2006#3,41447#816,150
2005#3,80938#686,688
2004#2,32674#557,826
2003#2,61061#538,651
2002#3,14645#4010,064
2001#2,66356#4010,568
2000#2,74053#3711,969
1999#2,25866#2813,774
1998#1,69094#2415,277
1997#1,442115#2415,919
1996#1,519105#2515,600
1995#1,330124#2416,761
1994#1,147155#2418,399
1993#1,110162#2319,454
1992#1,056173#2220,714
1991#1,103163#2121,610
1990#827237#1822,710
1989#766254#2020,882
1988#665290#2119,895
1987#606319#2219,862
1986#694261#2319,315
1985#620303#2716,523
1984#718230#3412,546
1983#702243#3412,372
1982#829189#478,207
1981#942157#526,570
1980#884173#575,775
1979#897166#565,449
1978#903158#634,517
1977#1,35883#793,505
1976#1,58563#803,308
1975#1,25889#882,833
1974#1,18594#972,598
1973#1,28680#1102,372
1972#1,51662#1132,477
1971#1,30583#1162,823
1970#1,22491#1202,763
1969#1,29076#1432,134
1968#1,57553#1481,943
1967#1,59850#1382,139
1966#1,47456#1461,954
1965#1,10990#2101,169
1964#1,016112#1911,478
1963#934128#1801,628
1962#900138#1761,712
1961#700225#2321,159
1960#681223#2201,263
1959#668224#2371,146
1958#783163#2471,011
1957#712195#2411,033
1956#700186#344470
1955#839134#360404
1954#736158#361402
1953#736153#358360
1952#712156#352381
1951#594211#369343
1950#876102#430239
1949#1,51237#563144
1948#2,49116#585130
1947#3,24011#548151
1946#3,21710#621107
1945#4,5565#66881
1944#4,5745#62696
1943#1,83422#576121
1942#4,1246#587112
1941—#546119
1940—#61394
1939—#569101
1938—#69077
1937#4,2555#563106
1936#3,7016#59196
1935—#541114
1934—#64287
1933—#69474
1932—#69778
1931—#67379
1930—#65489
1929—#68980
1928—#74374
1927—#619102
1926—#68985
1925—#70384
1924—#69688
1923—#81568
1922—#73081
1921—#84367
1920—#69985
1919—#92752
1918—#79667
1917—#69975
1916—#78162
1915#4,2745#74165
1914—#81942
1913—#99525
1912—#72535
1911—#1,03811
1910—#78215
1909—#89311
1908—#87710
1907—#9998
1906—#79810
1905—#8369
1904—#76010
1903—#9107
1902—#9337
1901——
1900—#1,0507
1899—#8577
1898——
1897——
1896—#9826
1895—#8727
1894—#66810
1893—#8367
1892—#9566
1891—#7667
1890—#9945
1889—#9745
1888—#7049
1887——
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1881—#8665
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First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Kyle! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Kyle is popular in 1975

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #62 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 255 boysAKMaine: #90 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 505 boysMEVermont: #61 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 270 boysVTNew Hampshire: #98 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 613 boysNHWashington: #48 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 198 boysWAIdaho: #55 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 234 boysIDMontana: #51 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 192 boysMTNorth Dakota: #52 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 198 boysNDMinnesota: #58 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 249 boysMNIllinois: #89 for boys · 157 births · 1 in 498 boysILWisconsin: #71 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 359 boysWIMichigan: #93 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 524 boysMINew York: #113 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 708 boysNYMassachusetts: #96 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 704 boysMARhode Island: #87 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 542 boysRIOregon: #62 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 276 boysORNevada: #53 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 224 boysNVWyoming: #63 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 247 boysWYSouth Dakota: #89 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 429 boysSDIowa: #60 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 280 boysIAIndiana: #56 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 261 boysINOhio: #86 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 551 boysOHPennsylvania: #88 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 578 boysPANew Jersey: #85 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 566 boysNJConnecticut: #70 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 407 boysCTCalifornia: #138 for boys · 216 births · 1 in 704 boysCAUtah: #71 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 352 boysUTColorado: #87 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 444 boysCONebraska: #56 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 244 boysNEMissouri: #71 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 370 boysMOKentucky: #102 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 667 boysKYWest Virginia: #221 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,171 boysWVVirginia: #251 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,056 boysVAMaryland: #143 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 863 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kyle, so not publishedDEArizona: #126 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 602 boysAZNew Mexico: #115 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 488 boysNMKansas: #66 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 327 boysKSArkansas: #103 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 513 boysARTennessee: #213 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,584 boysTNNorth Carolina: #177 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 1,107 boysNCSouth Carolina: #197 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,100 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #182 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 958 boysDCOklahoma: #60 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 274 boysOKLouisiana: #127 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 569 boysLAMississippi: #202 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,141 boysMSAlabama: #192 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,158 boysALGeorgia: #172 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 984 boysGAHawaii: #38 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 163 boysHITexas: #117 for boys · 201 births · 1 in 533 boysTXFlorida: #125 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 685 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#38 · 1 in 163
  2. Washington#48 · 1 in 198
  3. Montana#51 · 1 in 192
  4. North Dakota#52 · 1 in 198
  5. Nevada#53 · 1 in 224

Best ever in a state: #3 in Wyoming, 1989.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#38371 in 163
Washington#481171 in 198
Montana#51261 in 192
North Dakota#52241 in 198
Nevada#53151 in 224
Idaho#55291 in 234
Indiana#561501 in 261
Nebraska#56441 in 244
Minnesota#581081 in 249
Iowa#60701 in 280
Oklahoma#60681 in 274
Vermont#61101 in 270
Alaska#62111 in 255
Oregon#62571 in 276
Wyoming#63101 in 247
Kansas#66451 in 327
Connecticut#70401 in 407
Missouri#71891 in 370
Utah#71411 in 352
Wisconsin#71861 in 359
New Jersey#85731 in 566
Ohio#861391 in 551
Colorado#87421 in 444
Rhode Island#8791 in 542
Pennsylvania#881241 in 578
Illinois#891571 in 498
South Dakota#89111 in 429
Maine#90131 in 505
Michigan#931181 in 524
Massachusetts#96471 in 704
New Hampshire#9881 in 613
Kentucky#102391 in 667
Arkansas#103291 in 513
New York#1131591 in 708
New Mexico#115181 in 488
Texas#1172011 in 533
Florida#125701 in 685
Arizona#126291 in 602
Louisiana#127531 in 569
California#1382161 in 704
Maryland#143241 in 863
Georgia#172371 in 984
North Carolina#177331 in 1,107
District of Columbia#18281 in 958
Alabama#192221 in 1,158
South Carolina#197181 in 1,100
Mississippi#202161 in 1,141
Tennessee#213191 in 1,584
West Virginia#22161 in 2,171
Virginia#251151 in 2,056
Delaware———

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 Kyle
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 69 spots since 2024 (#439 → #508)
  • 195 spots since 2020 (#313 → #508)
  • 334 spots since 2015 (#174 → #508)
  • Biggest jump: 313 spots in 1912 (#1,038 → #725)
  • Biggest drop: 270 spots in 1889 (#704 → #974)
Rise & fade · boys
109 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1990 at #18 (22,710 births)
  • Births halved by 2001, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 36 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 36 yrs · run 1974–2009
  • Top 1,000: 134 yrs · run 1912–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 90
  • Highest: 1 in 90 boys born in 1990 were named Kyle (1.1%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,876 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 37.1% of all boys named Kyle (180,218) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s19#704 (1888)#848
1890s55#668 (1894)#866
1900s79#760 (1904)#895
1910s449#699 (1917)#830
1920s814#619 (1927)#723
1930s901#541 (1935)#631
1940s1,155#546 (1941)#593
1950s5,789#237 (1959)#330
1960s16,579#138 (1967)#178
1970s32,645#56 (1979)#92
1980s141,947#20 (1989)#34
1990s180,218#18 (1990)#23
2000s76,156#37 (2000)#66
2010s24,138#107 (2010)#176
2020s4,836#313 (2020)#406

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.

Kyle in 1975

girls
#1,258
89 births · 1 in 16,380 girls
boys
#88
2,833 births · 1 in 551 boys

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #1,258Kyle89

Top boys' names in 1975

  1. #1Michael68,418
  2. #2Jason52,159
  3. #3Christopher46,575
  4. #4James39,569
  5. #5David39,156
  6. #6Robert35,306
  7. #7John35,079
  8. #8Brian30,578
  9. #9Matthew28,527
  10. #10William25,561
  11. #88Kyle2,833
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 16,380 of them was named Kyle, which outranked 88.2% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kyle
  1. #1,252Salina90
  2. #1,252Stephaine90
  3. #1,252Stormy90
  4. #1,258Kyle89
  5. #1,258January89
  6. #1,258Lia89
  7. #1,258Mark89
  8. #1,269Amee88
  9. #1,269Jillian88
  10. #1,269Joyelle88

Tied with 10 names at #1,258; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,732Pepper#2,683 → #951
  2. ↑ 1,666Mandie#2,396 → #730
  3. ↑ 1,140Tiana#1,772 → #632
  4. ↑ 779Lacy#1,486 → #707
  5. ↑ 719Lacey#1,284 → #565
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Nia#672 → #1,119
  2. ↓ 429Alethea#716 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 404Cicely#608 → #1,012
  4. ↓ 307Elaina#994 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 303Cristin#938 → #1,241

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

boys

1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 551 of them was named Kyle, which outranked 98.6% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kyle
  1. #85Philip3,011
  2. #86Johnny2,969
  3. #87Erik2,855
  4. #88Kyle2,833
  5. #89Marc2,822
  6. #90Derrick2,815
  7. #91Carl2,810
Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. ↑ 722Benjiman#1,692 → #970
  2. ↑ 702Marques#1,520 → #818
  3. ↑ 645Glendon#1,409 → #764
  4. ↑ 502Benji#1,124 → #622
  5. ↑ 471Regan#1,409 → #938
Fallers
  1. ↓ 905Toma#882 → #1,787
  2. ↓ 830Vashon#923 → #1,753
  3. ↓ 352Bruno#993 → #1,345
  4. ↓ 327Hollis#953 → #1,280
  5. ↓ 303Domenico#977 → #1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1975 →