Lyle

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #1,046 for boys in 2025, 211 births
Given to boys 98.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1918 · 993 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
59,190
since 1880

Lyle over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lyle has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201904peak #145, 1918boys
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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#14,9425#1,046211
2024#1,019219
2023#11,1698#1,105192
2022#9,68010#1,052209
2021#11,1468#1,006217
2020#1,010207
2019#12,4487#927235
2018#15,6825#946220
2017#993205
2016#14,3316#980208
2015#1,077183
2014#10,12910#1,110172
2013#10,23510#1,100168
2012#1,299133
2011#1,257137
2010#1,565101
2009#1,76286
2008#1,86178
2007#1,72886
2006#1,467104
2005#16,4625#1,63583
2004#1,62979
2003#1,233117
2002#1,268107
2001#1,307100
2000#1,271102
1999#11,3857#1,30393
1998#1,24697
1997#1,045122
1996#1,037118
1995#926143
1994#886149
1993#834159
1992#752189
1991#765179
1990#633257
1989#627252
1988#591248
1987#567253
1986#512297
1985#564246
1984#542255
1983#530247
1982#9,2376#574224
1981#533246
1980#524268
1979#10,2105#544246
1978#8,5626#539235
1977#485279
1976#540221
1975#508247
1974#484271
1973#460287
1972#7,2926#448313
1971#8,3245#406395
1970#5,4139#376465
1969#6,6176#376435
1968#373434
1967#389377
1966#358435
1965#359454
1964#5,4747#345515
1963#329575
1962#4,26310#306644
1961#4,5469#302659
1960#5,1687#290731
1959#5,5666#286761
1958#4,1939#276770
1957#4,5368#261838
1956#3,04815#258794
1955#4,3768#246821
1954#3,49011#237889
1953#2,59517#226891
1952#2,58117#222897
1951#2,69415#232815
1950#2,65215#223828
1949#4,2357#219835
1948#2,82813#216864
1947#4,0078#212904
1946#3,03411#200859
1945#3,3888#194766
1944#2,62512#189813
1943#2,25116#185884
1942#3,1949#176890
1941#2,53212#168939
1940#2,73710#173864
1939#2,9229#175834
1938#3,8476#183790
1937#2,44812#167875
1936#2,15314#159910
1935#2,9269#155934
1934#2,08715#154939
1933#2,8689#158916
1932#2,03716#155969
1931#1,68621#157944
1930#1,87519#160947
1929#2,30114#1521,007
1928#2,19416#155999
1927#2,16917#1511,054
1926#1,83022#1521,051
1925#1,84722#1541,012
1924#1,81123#1591,000
1923#1,94420#1531,011
1922#2,29116#1461,055
1921#1,43732#1501,007
1920#1,51129#151967
1919#1,64924#153877
1918#2,10217#145993
1917#1,43127#153855
1916#2,02816#152806
1915#1,88317#159719
1914#1,17527#178495
1913#1,46516#196342
1912#1,42115#180325
1911#1,37212#223128
1910#1,7738#216117
1909#26272
1908#1,6767#24575
1907#1,5128#23376
1906#1,9515#19593
1905#1,23810#24961
1904#21574
1903#22366
1902#1,4387#27248
1901#1,6795#22360
1900#1,7236#29749
1899#25742
1898#1,1719#23356
1897#1,03710#28839
1896#1,04710#31535
1895#27940
1894#1,1368#24948
1893#1,1757#32329
1892#1,4505#34829
1891#29731
1890#1,3385#37622
1889#43418
1888#1,0367#39822
1887#40917
1886#54012
1885#52113
1884#54712
1883#7207
1882#54012
1881#7816
1880#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lyle was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

See more about Lyle
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 27 spots since 2024 (#1,019#1,046)
  • 36 spots since 2020 (#1,010#1,046)
  • 31 spots since 2015 (#1,077#1,046)
  • Biggest jump: 241 spots in 1882 (#781#540)
  • Biggest drop: 180 spots in 1883 (#540#720)
Rise & fade · boys
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1918 at #145 (993 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 47 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 120 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 120 yrs · run 1880–1995
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,021
  • Highest: 1 in 1,021 boys born in 1918 were named Lyle (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 8,095 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 17.2% of all boys named Lyle (10,163) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s126#398 (1888)#564
1890s371#233 (1898)#297
1900s674#195 (1906)#241
1910s5,657#145 (1918)#176
1920s10,163#146 (1922)#152
1930s9,058#154 (1934)#162
1940s8,618#168 (1941)#193
1950s8,304#222 (1952)#247
1960s5,259#290 (1960)#343
1970s2,959#376 (1970)#479
1980s2,536#512 (1986)#556
1990s1,506#633 (1990)#943
2000s942#1,233 (2003)#1,516
2010s1,762#927 (2019)#1,125
2020s1,255#1,006 (2021)#1,040

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.

Lyle in 1904

boys
#215
74 births · 1 in 1,731 boys

Top boys' names in 1904

  1. #1John8,108
  2. #2William6,416
  3. #3James5,855
  4. #4George4,219
  5. #5Robert3,414
  6. #6Charles3,406
  7. #7Joseph3,291
  8. #8Frank2,799
  9. #9Edward2,335
  10. #10Henry2,085
  11. #215Lyle74
More about 1904

boys

128,122 boys got a published name in 1904; 1 in 1,731 of them was named Lyle, which outranked 84.6% of the 1,395 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lyle
  1. #211Simon76
  2. #213Don75
  3. #213Gus75
  4. #215Lyle74
  5. #216Ivan73
  6. #216Laurence73
  7. #216Ross73
Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. 615Adelbert#1,130#515
  2. 592Hunter#1,130#538
  3. 564Mac#1,130#566
  4. 564Manley#1,130#566
  5. 483Hezekiah#1,130#647
Fallers
  1. 629Bessie#576#1,205
  2. 629Reynold#576#1,205
  3. 610Nat#595#1,205
  4. 586Minnie#619#1,205
  5. 586Ludwig#619#1,205

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

See the top 100 for 1904