Kyle

Where Kyle comes from

From several places in Scotland and Northern Ireland, derived from Gaelic caol (“narrows”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Kyle
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #866 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1959
    Kyle MacLachlan born
    American actor
  3. 1990
    Kyle Walker born
    English association football player
  4. 1990
    Peak, #18
    22,710 babies named Kyle — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #40.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Kyle Walker · English association football player, born 1990
  • Kyle MacLachlan · American actor, born 1959
  • Kyle Larson · American racing driver, born 1992
  • Kyle Chandler · American actor, born 1965
  • Kyle Gass · American singer and musician, born 1960

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.