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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202004peak #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
1979
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 2004

girls
#1,369
153 births · 1 in 12,002 girls
boys
#8,927
7 births · 1 in 283,568 boys

Top girls' names in 2004

  1. #1Emily25,042
  2. #2Emma21,625
  3. #3Madison20,628
  4. #4Olivia16,108
  5. #5Hannah15,614
  6. #6Abigail15,436
  7. #7Isabella15,021
  8. #8Ashley14,377
  9. #9Samantha13,786
  10. #10Elizabeth13,577
  11. #1,369Kayle153

Top boys' names in 2004

  1. #1Jacob27,911
  2. #2Michael25,470
  3. #3Joshua24,214
  4. #4Matthew22,882
  5. #5Ethan22,210
  6. #6Andrew21,717
  7. #7Daniel21,018
  8. #8William20,237
  9. #9Joseph20,147
  10. #10Christopher19,636
  11. #8,927Kayle7
More about 2004

girls

1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 12,002 of them was named Kayle, which outranked 92.7% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kayle
  1. #1,363Jasmyne154
  2. #1,363Kaili154
  3. #1,363Karleigh154
  4. #1,369Kayle153
  5. #1,369Betsy153
  6. #1,369Blair153
  7. #1,369Maryann153
  8. #1,373Austin152
  9. #1,373Gissel152
  10. #1,373Jacquelin152

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2003
Risers
  1. 948Rubi#1,561#613
  2. 607Kaydence#984#377
  3. 548Marin#1,383#835
  4. 543Diya#1,416#873
  5. 479Kadence#869#390
Fallers
  1. 1,607Arly#949#2,556
  2. 433Shakira#747#1,180
  3. 414Anais#990#1,404
  4. 365Lisbeth#742#1,107
  5. 274Reanna#990#1,264

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

boys

1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 283,568 of them was named Kayle, which outranked 32.5% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kayle
  1. #8,143Zorion8
  2. #8,143Zyere8
  3. #8,143Zyrion8
  4. #8,927Kayle7
  5. #8,927Aasim7
  6. #8,927Aayan7
  7. #8,927Abdinasir7
  8. #9,948Aadon6
  9. #9,948Aalim6
  10. #9,948Aamari6

Tied with 1,020 names at #8,927; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2003
Risers
  1. 1,308Koda#2,238#930
  2. 1,190Tayshaun#2,153#963
  3. 1,006Kanye#1,492#486
  4. 910Kyan#1,497#587
  5. 814Jaidyn#1,630#816
Fallers
  1. 455Jahiem#873#1,328
  2. 325Ervin#942#1,267
  3. 323Jahir#809#1,132
  4. 282Jaheim#457#739
  5. 270Sabastian#946#1,216

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

See the top 100 for 2004