Kyle
#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · #508 for boys in 2025, 594 births
Given to boys 98.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1990 · 22,710 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 36 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 485,780since 1881
Kyle over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 | #508 | 594 |
| 2024 | #4,387 | 32 | #439 | 721 |
| 2023 | #4,565 | 30 | #417 | 758 |
| 2022 | #5,309 | 24 | #394 | 808 |
| 2021 | #4,245 | 33 | #363 | 899 |
| 2020 | #3,338 | 46 | #313 | 1,056 |
| 2019 | #3,552 | 43 | #262 | 1,386 |
| 2018 | #2,647 | 65 | #223 | 1,682 |
| 2017 | #3,305 | 48 | #210 | 1,842 |
| 2016 | #3,588 | 43 | #199 | 2,039 |
| 2015 | #2,890 | 60 | #174 | 2,394 |
| 2014 | #2,582 | 68 | #179 | 2,388 |
| 2013 | #2,903 | 58 | #155 | 2,589 |
| 2012 | #3,169 | 52 | #127 | 2,968 |
| 2011 | #2,945 | 58 | #120 | 3,269 |
| 2010 | #4,397 | 33 | #107 | 3,581 |
| 2009 | #4,370 | 34 | #99 | 4,180 |
| 2008 | #4,882 | 30 | #97 | 4,705 |
| 2007 | #3,786 | 42 | #86 | 5,355 |
| 2006 | #3,414 | 47 | #81 | 6,150 |
| 2005 | #3,809 | 38 | #68 | 6,688 |
| 2004 | #2,326 | 74 | #55 | 7,826 |
| 2003 | #2,610 | 61 | #53 | 8,651 |
| 2002 | #3,146 | 45 | #40 | 10,064 |
| 2001 | #2,663 | 56 | #40 | 10,568 |
| 2000 | #2,740 | 53 | #37 | 11,969 |
| 1999 | #2,258 | 66 | #28 | 13,774 |
| 1998 | #1,690 | 94 | #24 | 15,277 |
| 1997 | #1,442 | 115 | #24 | 15,919 |
| 1996 | #1,519 | 105 | #25 | 15,600 |
| 1995 | #1,330 | 124 | #24 | 16,761 |
| 1994 | #1,147 | 155 | #24 | 18,399 |
| 1993 | #1,110 | 162 | #23 | 19,454 |
| 1992 | #1,056 | 173 | #22 | 20,714 |
| 1991 | #1,103 | 163 | #21 | 21,610 |
| 1990 | #827 | 237 | #18 | 22,710 |
| 1989 | #766 | 254 | #20 | 20,882 |
| 1988 | #665 | 290 | #21 | 19,895 |
| 1987 | #606 | 319 | #22 | 19,862 |
| 1986 | #694 | 261 | #23 | 19,315 |
| 1985 | #620 | 303 | #27 | 16,523 |
| 1984 | #718 | 230 | #34 | 12,546 |
| 1983 | #702 | 243 | #34 | 12,372 |
| 1982 | #829 | 189 | #47 | 8,207 |
| 1981 | #942 | 157 | #52 | 6,570 |
| 1980 | #884 | 173 | #57 | 5,775 |
| 1979 | #897 | 166 | #56 | 5,449 |
| 1978 | #903 | 158 | #63 | 4,517 |
| 1977 | #1,358 | 83 | #79 | 3,505 |
| 1976 | #1,585 | 63 | #80 | 3,308 |
| 1975 | #1,258 | 89 | #88 | 2,833 |
| 1974 | #1,185 | 94 | #97 | 2,598 |
| 1973 | #1,286 | 80 | #110 | 2,372 |
| 1972 | #1,516 | 62 | #113 | 2,477 |
| 1971 | #1,305 | 83 | #116 | 2,823 |
| 1970 | #1,224 | 91 | #120 | 2,763 |
| 1969 | #1,290 | 76 | #143 | 2,134 |
| 1968 | #1,575 | 53 | #148 | 1,943 |
| 1967 | #1,598 | 50 | #138 | 2,139 |
| 1966 | #1,474 | 56 | #146 | 1,954 |
| 1965 | #1,109 | 90 | #210 | 1,169 |
| 1964 | #1,016 | 112 | #191 | 1,478 |
| 1963 | #934 | 128 | #180 | 1,628 |
| 1962 | #900 | 138 | #176 | 1,712 |
| 1961 | #700 | 225 | #232 | 1,159 |
| 1960 | #681 | 223 | #220 | 1,263 |
| 1959 | #668 | 224 | #237 | 1,146 |
| 1958 | #783 | 163 | #247 | 1,011 |
| 1957 | #712 | 195 | #241 | 1,033 |
| 1956 | #700 | 186 | #344 | 470 |
| 1955 | #839 | 134 | #360 | 404 |
| 1954 | #736 | 158 | #361 | 402 |
| 1953 | #736 | 153 | #358 | 360 |
| 1952 | #712 | 156 | #352 | 381 |
| 1951 | #594 | 211 | #369 | 343 |
| 1950 | #876 | 102 | #430 | 239 |
| 1949 | #1,512 | 37 | #563 | 144 |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 | #585 | 130 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | #548 | 151 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | #621 | 107 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #668 | 81 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #626 | 96 |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 | #576 | 121 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #587 | 112 |
| 1941 | — | #546 | 119 | |
| 1940 | — | #613 | 94 | |
| 1939 | — | #569 | 101 | |
| 1938 | — | #690 | 77 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #563 | 106 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #591 | 96 |
| 1935 | — | #541 | 114 | |
| 1934 | — | #642 | 87 | |
| 1933 | — | #694 | 74 | |
| 1932 | — | #697 | 78 | |
| 1931 | — | #673 | 79 | |
| 1930 | — | #654 | 89 | |
| 1929 | — | #689 | 80 | |
| 1928 | — | #743 | 74 | |
| 1927 | — | #619 | 102 | |
| 1926 | — | #689 | 85 | |
| 1925 | — | #703 | 84 | |
| 1924 | — | #696 | 88 | |
| 1923 | — | #815 | 68 | |
| 1922 | — | #730 | 81 | |
| 1921 | — | #843 | 67 | |
| 1920 | — | #699 | 85 | |
| 1919 | — | #927 | 52 | |
| 1918 | — | #796 | 67 | |
| 1917 | — | #699 | 75 | |
| 1916 | — | #781 | 62 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #741 | 65 |
| 1914 | — | #819 | 42 | |
| 1913 | — | #995 | 25 | |
| 1912 | — | #725 | 35 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,038 | 11 | |
| 1910 | — | #782 | 15 | |
| 1909 | — | #893 | 11 | |
| 1908 | — | #877 | 10 | |
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | #798 | 10 | |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #760 | 10 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1990 at #18 (22,710 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 36 yrs · run 1974–2009
- Top 1,000: 134 yrs · run 1912–2025
- Highest: 1 in 90 boys born in 1990 were named Kyle (1.1%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,876 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 37.1% of all boys named Kyle (180,218) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 19 | #704 (1888) | #848 |
| 1890s | 55 | #668 (1894) | #866 |
| 1900s | 79 | #760 (1904) | #895 |
| 1910s | 449 | #699 (1917) | #830 |
| 1920s | 814 | #619 (1927) | #723 |
| 1930s | 901 | #541 (1935) | #631 |
| 1940s | 1,155 | #546 (1941) | #593 |
| 1950s | 5,789 | #237 (1959) | #330 |
| 1960s | 16,579 | #138 (1967) | #178 |
| 1970s | 32,645 | #56 (1979) | #92 |
| 1980s | 141,947 | #20 (1989) | #34 |
| 1990s | 180,218 | #18 (1990) | #23 |
| 2000s | 76,156 | #37 (2000) | #66 |
| 2010s | 24,138 | #107 (2010) | #176 |
| 2020s | 4,836 | #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 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 10,625 of them was named Kyle, which outranked 92.3% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #937Cristal159
- #940Jammie158
- #940Qiana158
- #942Kyle157
- #942Ashlie157
- #942Cassidy157
- #942Delores157
- #947Natosha156
- #948Julianna155
- #948Keely155
Tied with 4 names at #942; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 273 of them was named Kyle, which outranked 99.3% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.