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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #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 1934

girls
#2,087
15 births · 1 in 69,615 girls
boys
#154
939 births · 1 in 1,100 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #2,087Lyle15

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #154Lyle939
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 69,615 of them was named Lyle, which outranked 58.0% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lyle
  1. #2,003Virgil16
  2. #2,003Virgina16
  3. #2,003Wynelle16
  4. #2,087Lyle15
  5. #2,087Abby15
  6. #2,087Adah15
  7. #2,087Adelaida15
  8. #2,187Albertina14
  9. #2,187Aldene14
  10. #2,187Aleene14

Tied with 99 names at #2,087; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 571Luann#1,442#871
  2. 469Alison#1,442#973
  3. 439Golda#1,364#925
  4. 350Ronald#1,244#894
  5. 346Gale#1,102#756
Fallers
  1. 685Nira#463#1,148
  2. 342Vina#782#1,124
  3. 316Zita#947#1,263
  4. 299Myrtie#834#1,133
  5. 278Theola#985#1,263

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

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 1,100 of them was named Lyle, which outranked 96.3% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lyle
  1. #151Allan993
  2. #152Freddie988
  3. #153Neil953
  4. #154Lyle939
  5. #154Dan939
  6. #156Homer937
  7. #157Jay933
  8. #158Morris932

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

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 746Lanny#1,361#615
  2. 630Kerry#1,586#956
  3. 620Marland#1,456#836
  4. 404Kirk#1,202#798
  5. 350Valentin#1,281#931
Fallers
  1. 730Neville#995#1,725
  2. 616Garner#770#1,386
  3. 520Vivian#905#1,425
  4. 488Finis#869#1,357
  5. 464Malcom#961#1,425

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

See the top 100 for 1934