Doyle

Where Doyle comes from

Doyle hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1889
    First appearance
    #673 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1931
    Peak, #195
    667 babies named Doyle — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1933
    Doyle Brunson born
    American poker player
  4. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #437.
  5. 1968
    Doyle Bramhall II born
    American guitarist
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Doyle Brunson · American poker player, 1933–2023
  • Doyle Bramhall II · American guitarist, born 1968
  • Doyle Dykes · American musician, born 1954
  • Doyle E. Carlton · American politician, 1885–1972
  • Doyle Lawson · American musician, born 1944

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.