Lyall
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · boys
- 1912 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 291since 1912
Lyall over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Lyall has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | — | |
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| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
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| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
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| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
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| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
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| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
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| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | — | |
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| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
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| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #2,079 | 14 |
| 1929 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,926 | 8 |
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| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Lyall! It came in at #1,885, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1915, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Lyall is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Lyall in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Lyall
Momentum · boys
Brand new
- 727 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1912 at #1,885 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1913, 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 53,743
- Highest: 1 in 53,743 boys born in 1912 were named Lyall (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 24.4% of all boys named Lyall (71) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 41 | #1,885 (1912) | #2,377 |
| 1920s | 71 | #1,933 (1929) | #2,848 |
| 1930s | 55 | #2,079 (1930) | #2,916 |
| 1940s | 38 | #2,712 (1942) | #3,160 |
| 1950s | 35 | #3,176 (1954) | #3,521 |
| 1960s | 10 | #4,039 (1964) | #4,044 |
| 1970s | 7 | #3,836 (1970) | #3,836 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 6 | #7,770 (1994) | #7,770 |
| 2000s | 5 | #12,553 (2008) | #12,553 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 23 | #8,987 (2024) | #9,230 |
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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