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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #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
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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 1992

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #12 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 54 boysAKMaine: #14 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 55 boysMEVermont: #8 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 42 boysVTNew Hampshire: #10 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 48 boysNHWashington: #8 for boys · 598 births · 1 in 61 boysWAIdaho: #12 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 66 boysIDMontana: #6 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 51 boysMTNorth Dakota: #11 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 55 boysNDMinnesota: #15 for boys · 484 births · 1 in 63 boysMNIllinois: #20 for boys · 1,078 births · 1 in 80 boysILWisconsin: #11 for boys · 574 births · 1 in 56 boysWIMichigan: #12 for boys · 1,114 births · 1 in 59 boysMINew York: #25 for boys · 1,239 births · 1 in 107 boysNYMassachusetts: #19 for boys · 578 births · 1 in 71 boysMARhode Island: #15 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 55 boysRIOregon: #13 for boys · 303 births · 1 in 64 boysORNevada: #23 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 85 boysNVWyoming: #14 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 64 boysWYSouth Dakota: #13 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 60 boysSDIowa: #14 for boys · 291 births · 1 in 60 boysIAIndiana: #11 for boys · 671 births · 1 in 58 boysINOhio: #13 for boys · 1,326 births · 1 in 58 boysOHPennsylvania: #17 for boys · 1,130 births · 1 in 69 boysPANew Jersey: #17 for boys · 707 births · 1 in 74 boysNJConnecticut: #17 for boys · 323 births · 1 in 65 boysCTCalifornia: #27 for boys · 2,323 births · 1 in 122 boysCAUtah: #17 for boys · 201 births · 1 in 83 boysUTColorado: #17 for boys · 312 births · 1 in 79 boysCONebraska: #12 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 61 boysNEMissouri: #16 for boys · 504 births · 1 in 72 boysMOKentucky: #30 for boys · 233 births · 1 in 104 boysKYWest Virginia: #28 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 104 boysWVVirginia: #25 for boys · 408 births · 1 in 103 boysVAMaryland: #24 for boys · 344 births · 1 in 93 boysMDDelaware: #15 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 52 boysDEArizona: #21 for boys · 343 births · 1 in 91 boysAZNew Mexico: #28 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 114 boysNMKansas: #11 for boys · 248 births · 1 in 64 boysKSArkansas: #27 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 115 boysARTennessee: #46 for boys · 192 births · 1 in 183 boysTNNorth Carolina: #32 for boys · 354 births · 1 in 131 boysNCSouth Carolina: #32 for boys · 164 births · 1 in 138 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #52 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 220 boysDCOklahoma: #15 for boys · 286 births · 1 in 71 boysOKLouisiana: #31 for boys · 196 births · 1 in 156 boysLAMississippi: #60 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 269 boysMSAlabama: #41 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 164 boysALGeorgia: #31 for boys · 360 births · 1 in 135 boysGAHawaii: #18 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 78 boysHITexas: #40 for boys · 823 births · 1 in 186 boysTXFlorida: #21 for boys · 1,062 births · 1 in 82 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Montana#6 · 1 in 51
  2. Vermont#8 · 1 in 42
  3. Washington#8 · 1 in 61
  4. New Hampshire#10 · 1 in 48
  5. North Dakota#11 · 1 in 55

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#6861 in 51
Vermont#8721 in 42
Washington#85981 in 61
New Hampshire#101411 in 48
Indiana#116711 in 58
Kansas#112481 in 64
North Dakota#11761 in 55
Wisconsin#115741 in 56
Alaska#12791 in 54
Idaho#121081 in 66
Michigan#121,1141 in 59
Nebraska#121681 in 61
Ohio#131,3261 in 58
Oregon#133031 in 64
South Dakota#13751 in 60
Iowa#142911 in 60
Maine#141271 in 55
Wyoming#14361 in 64
Delaware#15851 in 52
Minnesota#154841 in 63
Oklahoma#152861 in 71
Rhode Island#151161 in 55
Missouri#165041 in 72
Colorado#173121 in 79
Connecticut#173231 in 65
New Jersey#177071 in 74
Pennsylvania#171,1301 in 69
Utah#172011 in 83
Hawaii#18881 in 78
Massachusetts#195781 in 71
Illinois#201,0781 in 80
Arizona#213431 in 91
Florida#211,0621 in 82
Nevada#231061 in 85
Maryland#243441 in 93
New York#251,2391 in 107
Virginia#254081 in 103
Arkansas#271251 in 115
California#272,3231 in 122
New Mexico#281021 in 114
West Virginia#28991 in 104
Kentucky#302331 in 104
Georgia#313601 in 135
Louisiana#311961 in 156
North Carolina#323541 in 131
South Carolina#321641 in 138
Texas#408231 in 186
Alabama#411611 in 164
Tennessee#461921 in 183
District of Columbia#52341 in 220
Mississippi#60611 in 269

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 1992

girls
#1,056
173 births · 1 in 10,659 girls
boys
#22
20,714 births · 1 in 96 boys

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #1,056Kyle173

Top boys' names in 1992

  1. #1Michael54,410
  2. #2Christopher42,468
  3. #3Matthew37,733
  4. #4Joshua36,221
  5. #5Andrew30,542
  6. #6Brandon29,628
  7. #7Daniel29,157
  8. #8Tyler28,806
  9. #9James28,513
  10. #10David28,425
  11. #22Kyle20,714
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 10,659 of them was named Kyle, which outranked 93.2% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kyle
  1. #1,053Brittnee174
  2. #1,053Eryn174
  3. #1,053Marion174
  4. #1,056Kyle173
  5. #1,056Adilene173
  6. #1,056Alena173
  7. #1,059Annemarie172
  8. #1,059Ashanti172
  9. #1,059Bertha172

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,282Darian#2,989 → #707
  2. ↑ 1,958Payton#2,660 → #702
  3. ↑ 1,450Peyton#2,034 → #584
  4. ↑ 1,115Chandler#1,656 → #541
  5. ↑ 1,080Brianda#1,857 → #777
Fallers
  1. ↓ 855Rebeccah#1,000 → #1,855
  2. ↓ 725Ieshia#717 → #1,442
  3. ↓ 502Miesha#997 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 470Unknown#794 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 356Phylicia#928 → #1,284

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

boys

1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 96 of them was named Kyle, which outranked 99.8% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kyle
  1. #19Anthony23,174
  2. #20William23,066
  3. #21Jonathan21,413
  4. #22Kyle20,714
  5. #23Alexander20,069
  6. #24Cody19,876
  7. #25Kevin19,647
Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,348Dalvin#7,271 → #923
  2. ↑ 3,435Jalen#3,813 → #378
  3. ↑ 2,026Davante#2,828 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,555Davonta#2,469 → #914
  5. ↑ 1,383Juwan#2,344 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,632Unnamed#972 → #3,604
  2. ↓ 450Octavius#945 → #1,395
  3. ↓ 398Male#679 → #1,077
  4. ↓ 394Khiry#915 → #1,309
  5. ↓ 379Dijon#915 → #1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1992 →