Kyle

#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · #508 for boys in 2025, 594 births
Given to boys 98.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1990 · 22,710 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
36 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
485,780
since 1881

Kyle over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #18, 1990boys
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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#6,54617#508594
2024#4,38732#439721
2023#4,56530#417758
2022#5,30924#394808
2021#4,24533#363899
2020#3,33846#3131,056
2019#3,55243#2621,386
2018#2,64765#2231,682
2017#3,30548#2101,842
2016#3,58843#1992,039
2015#2,89060#1742,394
2014#2,58268#1792,388
2013#2,90358#1552,589
2012#3,16952#1272,968
2011#2,94558#1203,269
2010#4,39733#1073,581
2009#4,37034#994,180
2008#4,88230#974,705
2007#3,78642#865,355
2006#3,41447#816,150
2005#3,80938#686,688
2004#2,32674#557,826
2003#2,61061#538,651
2002#3,14645#4010,064
2001#2,66356#4010,568
2000#2,74053#3711,969
1999#2,25866#2813,774
1998#1,69094#2415,277
1997#1,442115#2415,919
1996#1,519105#2515,600
1995#1,330124#2416,761
1994#1,147155#2418,399
1993#1,110162#2319,454
1992#1,056173#2220,714
1991#1,103163#2121,610
1990#827237#1822,710
1989#766254#2020,882
1988#665290#2119,895
1987#606319#2219,862
1986#694261#2319,315
1985#620303#2716,523
1984#718230#3412,546
1983#702243#3412,372
1982#829189#478,207
1981#942157#526,570
1980#884173#575,775
1979#897166#565,449
1978#903158#634,517
1977#1,35883#793,505
1976#1,58563#803,308
1975#1,25889#882,833
1974#1,18594#972,598
1973#1,28680#1102,372
1972#1,51662#1132,477
1971#1,30583#1162,823
1970#1,22491#1202,763
1969#1,29076#1432,134
1968#1,57553#1481,943
1967#1,59850#1382,139
1966#1,47456#1461,954
1965#1,10990#2101,169
1964#1,016112#1911,478
1963#934128#1801,628
1962#900138#1761,712
1961#700225#2321,159
1960#681223#2201,263
1959#668224#2371,146
1958#783163#2471,011
1957#712195#2411,033
1956#700186#344470
1955#839134#360404
1954#736158#361402
1953#736153#358360
1952#712156#352381
1951#594211#369343
1950#876102#430239
1949#1,51237#563144
1948#2,49116#585130
1947#3,24011#548151
1946#3,21710#621107
1945#4,5565#66881
1944#4,5745#62696
1943#1,83422#576121
1942#4,1246#587112
1941#546119
1940#61394
1939#569101
1938#69077
1937#4,2555#563106
1936#3,7016#59196
1935#541114
1934#64287
1933#69474
1932#69778
1931#67379
1930#65489
1929#68980
1928#74374
1927#619102
1926#68985
1925#70384
1924#69688
1923#81568
1922#73081
1921#84367
1920#69985
1919#92752
1918#79667
1917#69975
1916#78162
1915#4,2745#74165
1914#81942
1913#99525
1912#72535
1911#1,03811
1910#78215
1909#89311
1908#87710
1907#9998
1906#79810
1905#8369
1904#76010
1903#9107
1902#9337
1901
1900#1,0507
1899#8577
1898
1897
1896#9826
1895#8727
1894#66810
1893#8367
1892#9566
1891#7667
1890#9945
1889#9745
1888#7049
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881#8665
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Kyle! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Kyle
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 69 spots since 2024 (#439#508)
  • 195 spots since 2020 (#313#508)
  • 334 spots since 2015 (#174#508)
  • Biggest jump: 313 spots in 1912 (#1,038#725)
  • Biggest drop: 270 spots in 1889 (#704#974)
Rise & fade · boys
109 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1990 at #18 (22,710 births)
  • Births halved by 2001, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 36 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 36 yrs · run 1974–2009
  • Top 1,000: 134 yrs · run 1912–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 90
  • Highest: 1 in 90 boys born in 1990 were named Kyle (1.1%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,876 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 37.1% of all boys named Kyle (180,218) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s19#704 (1888)#848
1890s55#668 (1894)#866
1900s79#760 (1904)#895
1910s449#699 (1917)#830
1920s814#619 (1927)#723
1930s901#541 (1935)#631
1940s1,155#546 (1941)#593
1950s5,789#237 (1959)#330
1960s16,579#138 (1967)#178
1970s32,645#56 (1979)#92
1980s141,947#20 (1989)#34
1990s180,218#18 (1990)#23
2000s76,156#37 (2000)#66
2010s24,138#107 (2010)#176
2020s4,836#313 (2020)#406

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.

Kyle in 1969

girls
#1,290
76 births · 1 in 22,198 girls
boys
#143
2,134 births · 1 in 838 boys

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #1,290Kyle76

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #143Kyle2,134
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 22,198 of them was named Kyle, which outranked 85.2% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kyle
  1. #1,276Raina77
  2. #1,276Renata77
  3. #1,276Sanjuanita77
  4. #1,290Kyle76
  5. #1,290Buffie76
  6. #1,290Christel76
  7. #1,290Christiana76
  8. #1,303Alethea75
  9. #1,303Alexa75
  10. #1,303Corrie75

Tied with 12 names at #1,290; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. 1,462Shani#2,126#664
  2. 1,203Julissa#2,164#961
  3. 1,133Chelsea#1,834#701
  4. 667Latasha#1,519#852
  5. 549Britt#1,519#970
Fallers
  1. 455Tamiko#552#1,007
  2. 345Alesia#697#1,042
  3. 324Vickey#966#1,290
  4. 308Bettina#746#1,054
  5. 293Cammie#846#1,139

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

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 838 of them was named Kyle, which outranked 97.2% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kyle
  1. #140Christian2,194
  2. #141Tracy2,170
  3. #142Howard2,146
  4. #143Kyle2,134
  5. #144Dwayne2,113
  6. #145Brad2,106
  7. #146Eddie2,090
Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. 1,735Dedric#2,735#1,000
  2. 780Jameson#1,731#951
  3. 589Torrey#1,393#804
  4. 549Jamison#1,258#709
  5. 534Jemal#1,083#549
Fallers
  1. 449Artis#877#1,326
  2. 410Kennedy#986#1,396
  3. 408Alfie#968#1,376
  4. 360Micky#861#1,221
  5. 356Montgomery#946#1,302

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

See the top 100 for 1969