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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #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.

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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 1991

girls
#1,103
163 births · 1 in 11,503 girls
boys
#21
21,610 births · 1 in 93 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #1,103Kyle163

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #21Kyle21,610
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 11,503 of them was named Kyle, which outranked 92.9% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kyle
  1. #1,097Rosalie164
  2. #1,097Shari164
  3. #1,097Stephani164
  4. #1,103Kyle163
  5. #1,103Esperanza163
  6. #1,103Hilda163
  7. #1,106Cherie162
  8. #1,106Christal162
  9. #1,106Deirdre162

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

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. 1,600Rebeccah#2,600#1,000
  2. 1,221Ieshia#1,938#717
  3. 1,135Miriah#2,081#946
  4. 861Alexus#1,813#952
  5. 676Chynna#1,512#836
Fallers
  1. 568Infant#432#1,000
  2. 510Lakeshia#897#1,407
  3. 466Latifah#701#1,167
  4. 432Martika#757#1,189
  5. 416Cecily#575#991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 93 of them was named Kyle, which outranked 99.8% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kyle
  1. #18Anthony24,447
  2. #19William23,860
  3. #20Jonathan22,975
  4. #21Kyle21,610
  5. #22Zachary21,387
  6. #23Kevin20,262
  7. #24Cody18,980
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. 4,462Devante#5,382#920
  2. 1,656Unnamed#2,628#972
  3. 1,496Jaleel#2,373#877
  4. 811Gunnar#1,516#705
  5. 672Dijon#1,587#915
Fallers
  1. 1,000Arsenio#744#1,744
  2. 773Brittany#995#1,768
  3. 281Infant#389#670
  4. 281Jarret#881#1,162
  5. 273Elton#963#1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991