Kayle

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · Last seen for boys in 2014 at #7,048
Given to girls 86.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
2000 · 190 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,028
since 1955

Kayle over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #1,088, 2000peak #2,373, 1990girlsboys
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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#7,88513
2024#13,4776
2023#7,24715
2022#5,79321
2021#5,74821
2020#5,48722
2019#5,04126
2018#5,00726
2017#3,55243
2016#3,70741
2015#3,47845
2014#2,58268#7,04811
2013#2,72663#8,1189
2012#1,955100#8,1589
2011#1,886106#7,50210
2010#1,783115#8,8038
2009#1,660134#5,80015
2008#1,685132#5,48716
2007#1,645135#8,1739
2006#1,552140#4,22322
2005#1,466144#4,82417
2004#1,369153#8,9277
2003#1,365148#4,42618
2002#1,386139#4,91915
2001#1,322145#7,5368
2000#1,088190#4,57316
1999#1,108179#4,34116
1998#1,123171#4,41315
1997#1,225146#4,24615
1996#1,358124#3,67818
1995#1,306127#3,69317
1994#1,337126#4,80312
1993#1,409115#4,02015
1992#1,290132#2,74725
1991#1,420113#3,63616
1990#1,300125#2,37329
1989#1,454101#2,69023
1988#1,70475#3,20316
1987#1,73369#2,83818
1986#2,07951#2,42922
1985#3,24627#3,40113
1984#2,01850#3,70111
1983#4,10918#3,23013
1982#4,94514#4,5938
1981#8,1287#5,4686
1980#9,0956#3,43012
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1978#9,7505#4,1578
1977#5,53211#3,8369
1976#9,2845#3,7249
1975#5,51610#5,4645
1974#4,6346
1973#4,0547
1972#4,9865
1971#7,3886#3,6588
1970#3,5218
1969#4,4045
1968#6,2466#3,1078
1967#3,5596
1966#3,9485
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1960#3,3377
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First appearance
1955

The first year at least five girls were named Kayle! It came in at #5,208, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1956–1960, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Kayle
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 5,592 spots since 2024 (#13,477#7,885)
  • 2,398 spots since 2020 (#5,487#7,885)
  • 4,407 spots since 2015 (#3,478#7,885)
Rise & fade · girls
45 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1955
  • Peaked 2000 at #1,088 (190 births)
  • Births halved by 2013, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,558
  • Highest: 1 in 9,558 girls born in 2000 were named Kayle (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 36.2% of all girls named Kayle (1,460) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1981
  • Mostly boys until 1980, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s11#5,208 (1955)#5,647
1960s13#5,309 (1961)#5,778
1970s37#5,516 (1975)#7,494
1980s418#1,454 (1989)#3,851
1990s1,358#1,108 (1999)#1,288
2000s1,460#1,088 (2000)#1,454
2010s633#1,783 (2010)#3,172
2020s98#5,487 (2020)#7,606

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kayle in 1992

girls
#1,290
132 births · 1 in 13,969 girls
boys
#2,747
25 births · 1 in 79,896 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. #1,290Kayle132

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. #2,747Kayle25
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 13,969 of them was named Kayle, which outranked 91.7% 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 Kayle
  1. #1,284Sheridan133
  2. #1,284Stormie133
  3. #1,284Tatianna133
  4. #1,290Kayle132
  5. #1,290Becca132
  6. #1,290Isis132
  7. #1,290Kassidy132
  8. #1,294Alivia131
  9. #1,294Bronte131
  10. #1,294Estrella131

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 79,896 of them was named Kayle, which outranked 72.0% 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 Kayle
  1. #2,670Wynton26
  2. #2,670Yitzchak26
  3. #2,670Zachari26
  4. #2,747Kayle25
  5. #2,747Andrae25
  6. #2,747Andrey25
  7. #2,747Anil25
  8. #2,834Akiva24
  9. #2,834Albaro24
  10. #2,834Allyn24

Tied with 86 names at #2,747; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

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