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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019peak #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 2019

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #206 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 581 boysAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kyle, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kyle, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kyle, so not publishedNHWashington: #319 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,420 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Kyle, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kyle, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kyle, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #347 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,540 boysMNIllinois: #278 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 1,250 boysILWisconsin: #494 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,508 boysWIMichigan: #251 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 1,101 boysMINew York: #155 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 688 boysNYMassachusetts: #158 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 654 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kyle, so not publishedRIOregon: #331 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,372 boysORNevada: #375 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,605 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kyle, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #166 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 470 boysSDIowa: #398 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,798 boysIAIndiana: #254 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 1,087 boysINOhio: #213 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 912 boysOHPennsylvania: #260 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 1,241 boysPANew Jersey: #219 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 946 boysNJConnecticut: #214 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 882 boysCTCalifornia: #247 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 1,129 boysCAUtah: #292 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,139 boysUTColorado: #577 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,227 boysCONebraska: #384 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,504 boysNEMissouri: #356 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,751 boysMOKentucky: #315 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,366 boysKYWest Virginia: #247 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 916 boysWVVirginia: #215 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 940 boysVAMaryland: #227 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 931 boysMDDelaware: #155 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 463 boysDEArizona: #403 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,967 boysAZNew Mexico: #221 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 760 boysNMKansas: #315 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,285 boysKSArkansas: #167 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 578 boysARTennessee: #362 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,676 boysTNNorth Carolina: #365 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,791 boysNCSouth Carolina: #255 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,086 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kyle, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #266 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,025 boysOKLouisiana: #306 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,190 boysLAMississippi: #403 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,828 boysMSAlabama: #279 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,192 boysALGeorgia: #264 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 1,129 boysGAHawaii: #78 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 258 boysHITexas: #284 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 1,283 boysTXFlorida: #223 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 1,019 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#78 · 1 in 258
  2. Delaware#155 · 1 in 463
  3. New York#155 · 1 in 688
  4. Massachusetts#158 · 1 in 654
  5. South Dakota#166 · 1 in 470

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#78151 in 258
Delaware#15571 in 463
New York#1551361 in 688
Massachusetts#158431 in 654
South Dakota#16681 in 470
Arkansas#167231 in 578
Alaska#20651 in 581
Ohio#213621 in 912
Connecticut#214151 in 882
Virginia#215421 in 940
New Jersey#219421 in 946
New Mexico#221101 in 760
Florida#223931 in 1,019
Maryland#227281 in 931
California#2471801 in 1,129
West Virginia#24781 in 916
Michigan#251401 in 1,101
Indiana#254311 in 1,087
South Carolina#255191 in 1,086
Pennsylvania#260451 in 1,241
Georgia#264461 in 1,129
Oklahoma#266181 in 1,025
Illinois#278461 in 1,250
Alabama#279191 in 1,192
Texas#2841361 in 1,283
Utah#292171 in 1,139
Louisiana#306191 in 1,190
Kansas#315111 in 1,285
Kentucky#315151 in 1,366
Washington#319241 in 1,420
Oregon#331121 in 1,372
Minnesota#347171 in 1,540
Missouri#356171 in 1,751
Tennessee#362211 in 1,676
North Carolina#365281 in 1,791
Nevada#37581 in 1,605
Nebraska#38461 in 1,504
Iowa#39881 in 1,798
Arizona#403171 in 1,967
Mississippi#40371 in 1,828
Wisconsin#494101 in 2,508
Colorado#57781 in 3,227
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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 2019

girls
#3,552
43 births · 1 in 39,032 girls
boys
#262
1,386 births · 1 in 1,295 boys

Top girls' names in 2019

  1. #1Olivia18,577
  2. #2Emma17,226
  3. #3Ava14,549
  4. #4Sophia13,821
  5. #5Isabella13,407
  6. #6Charlotte13,239
  7. #7Amelia12,944
  8. #8Mia12,508
  9. #9Harper10,497
  10. #10Evelyn10,443
  11. #3,552Kyle43

Top boys' names in 2019

  1. #1Liam20,631
  2. #2Noah19,178
  3. #3Oliver13,967
  4. #4William13,658
  5. #5Elijah13,436
  6. #6James13,198
  7. #7Benjamin13,044
  8. #8Lucas12,483
  9. #9Mason11,484
  10. #10Alexander11,327
  11. #262Kyle1,386
More about 2019

girls

1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 39,032 of them was named Kyle, which outranked 80.3% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kyle
  1. #3,499Wisdom44
  2. #3,499Yadira44
  3. #3,499Yahaira44
  4. #3,552Kyle43
  5. #3,552Adhira43
  6. #3,552Ahlam43
  7. #3,552Alexi43
  8. #3,611Adia42
  9. #3,611Aizah42
  10. #3,611Alizee42

Tied with 58 names at #3,552; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,081Amoura#2,059 → #978
  2. ↑ 553Theodora#1,406 → #853
  3. ↑ 456Navy#1,269 → #813
  4. ↑ 415Emani#1,371 → #956
  5. ↑ 403Yaritza#1,216 → #813
Fallers
  1. ↓ 451Emmarie#990 → #1,441
  2. ↓ 368Saniyah#934 → #1,302
  3. ↓ 252Tatiana#692 → #944
  4. ↓ 229Zhavia#879 → #1,108
  5. ↓ 219Jayden#979 → #1,198

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

boys

1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 1,295 of them was named Kyle, which outranked 98.1% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kyle
  1. #259Josue1,402
  2. #260Colin1,394
  3. #261Rafael1,392
  4. #262Kyle1,386
  5. #263Riley1,374
  6. #264Cayden1,367
  7. #265Jorge1,366
Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,830Sekani#6,703 → #873
  2. ↑ 5,230Ermias#5,770 → #540
  3. ↑ 654Amias#1,478 → #824
  4. ↑ 623Kyro#1,343 → #720
  5. ↑ 512Aziel#1,465 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 376Jaxtyn#776 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 252Brysen#860 → #1,112
  3. ↓ 220Coen#814 → #1,034
  4. ↓ 219Chad#899 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 219Imran#933 → #1,152

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

See the top 100 for 2019 →