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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #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
1880——
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 2009

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #62 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 193 boysAKMaine: #73 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 239 boysMEVermont: #108 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 320 boysVTNew Hampshire: #68 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 213 boysNHWashington: #118 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 456 boysWAIdaho: #103 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 365 boysIDMontana: #199 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 667 boysMTNorth Dakota: #171 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 555 boysNDMinnesota: #106 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 423 boysMNIllinois: #88 for boys · 200 births · 1 in 363 boysILWisconsin: #96 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 363 boysWIMichigan: #75 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 308 boysMINew York: #66 for boys · 370 births · 1 in 291 boysNYMassachusetts: #60 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 225 boysMARhode Island: #56 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 184 boysRIOregon: #147 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 552 boysORNevada: #117 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 422 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kyle, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #115 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 343 boysSDIowa: #105 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 377 boysIAIndiana: #91 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 363 boysINOhio: #88 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 354 boysOHPennsylvania: #91 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 372 boysPANew Jersey: #61 for boys · 182 births · 1 in 245 boysNJConnecticut: #55 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 204 boysCTCalifornia: #118 for boys · 502 births · 1 in 482 boysCAUtah: #104 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 371 boysUTColorado: #129 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 504 boysCONebraska: #117 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 415 boysNEMissouri: #104 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 418 boysMOKentucky: #117 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 451 boysKYWest Virginia: #105 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 357 boysWVVirginia: #97 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 417 boysVAMaryland: #86 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 378 boysMDDelaware: #53 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 151 boysDEArizona: #152 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 596 boysAZNew Mexico: #125 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 461 boysNMKansas: #114 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 441 boysKSArkansas: #109 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 406 boysARTennessee: #163 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 685 boysTNNorth Carolina: #138 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 612 boysNCSouth Carolina: #143 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 638 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #198 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 708 boysDCOklahoma: #97 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 376 boysOKLouisiana: #149 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 626 boysLAMississippi: #130 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 552 boysMSAlabama: #141 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 589 boysALGeorgia: #137 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 635 boysGAHawaii: #55 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 200 boysHITexas: #176 for boys · 245 births · 1 in 761 boysTXFlorida: #89 for boys · 249 births · 1 in 383 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Delaware#53 · 1 in 151
  2. Hawaii#55 · 1 in 200
  3. Connecticut#55 · 1 in 204
  4. Rhode Island#56 · 1 in 184
  5. Massachusetts#60 · 1 in 225

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Delaware#53251 in 151
Connecticut#55751 in 204
Hawaii#55231 in 200
Rhode Island#56231 in 184
Massachusetts#601381 in 225
New Jersey#611821 in 245
Alaska#62181 in 193
New York#663701 in 291
New Hampshire#68241 in 213
Maine#73211 in 239
Michigan#751601 in 308
Maryland#86761 in 378
Illinois#882001 in 363
Ohio#881771 in 354
Florida#892491 in 383
Indiana#911031 in 363
Pennsylvania#911671 in 372
Wisconsin#96791 in 363
Oklahoma#97571 in 376
Virginia#971011 in 417
Idaho#103241 in 365
Missouri#104801 in 418
Utah#104621 in 371
Iowa#105421 in 377
West Virginia#105241 in 357
Minnesota#106691 in 423
Vermont#10861 in 320
Arkansas#109371 in 406
Kansas#114381 in 441
South Dakota#115121 in 343
Kentucky#117521 in 451
Nebraska#117251 in 415
Nevada#117341 in 422
California#1185021 in 482
Washington#118811 in 456
New Mexico#125231 in 461
Colorado#129571 in 504
Mississippi#130271 in 552
Georgia#137931 in 635
North Carolina#138881 in 612
Alabama#141411 in 589
South Carolina#143341 in 638
Oregon#147351 in 552
Louisiana#149401 in 626
Arizona#152671 in 596
Tennessee#163531 in 685
North Dakota#17161 in 555
Texas#1762451 in 761
District of Columbia#19861 in 708
Montana#19961 in 667
Wyoming———

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 2009

girls
#4,370
34 births · 1 in 54,033 girls
boys
#99
4,180 births · 1 in 475 boys

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438
  11. #4,370Kyle34

Top boys' names in 2009

  1. #1Jacob21,204
  2. #2Ethan19,858
  3. #3Michael18,964
  4. #4Alexander18,254
  5. #5William17,937
  6. #6Joshua17,671
  7. #7Daniel17,564
  8. #8Jayden17,316
  9. #9Noah17,262
  10. #10Christopher16,368
  11. #99Kyle4,180
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 54,033 of them was named Kyle, which outranked 78.4% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kyle
  1. #4,269Zamaria35
  2. #4,269Zoi35
  3. #4,269Zyaire35
  4. #4,370Kyle34
  5. #4,370Ahniya34
  6. #4,370Ajla34
  7. #4,370Akirah34
  8. #4,482Aahana33
  9. #4,482Abcde33
  10. #4,482Adithi33

Tied with 111 names at #4,370; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,137Taraji#5,013 → #876
  2. ↑ 2,107Bristol#2,773 → #666
  3. ↑ 836Analia#1,167 → #331
  4. ↑ 773Harlow#1,677 → #904
  5. ↑ 610Maliah#1,405 → #795
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,450Dayami#754 → #2,204
  2. ↓ 953Mareli#723 → #1,676
  3. ↓ 773Mylie#839 → #1,612
  4. ↓ 517Marely#334 → #851
  5. ↓ 515Hillary#722 → #1,237

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

boys

1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 475 of them was named Kyle, which outranked 99.3% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kyle
  1. #96Parker4,626
  2. #97Sean4,339
  3. #98Oliver4,287
  4. #99Kyle4,180
  5. #100Miguel4,174
  6. #101Jaden4,169
  7. #102Kaden4,068
Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 951Knox#1,655 → #704
  2. ↑ 510Kellan#1,133 → #623
  3. ↑ 462Jaxen#1,329 → #867
  4. ↑ 422Bentley#936 → #514
  5. ↑ 354Archer#1,037 → #683
Fallers
  1. ↓ 493Yurem#995 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 222Cordell#786 → #1,008
  3. ↓ 212Shamar#926 → #1,138
  4. ↓ 201Trevin#797 → #998
  5. ↓ 198Glenn#865 → #1,063

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

See the top 100 for 2009 →