Meaning not yet researched.
Kyle: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 594 in 2025. Its best rank was #18 in 1990.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #18 in 1990; #509 in 2025. About 97% of babies named Kyle in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#509 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1990, at #18.
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Kyle: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 594 boys in 2025. Peak: #18 in 1990 · most boys in one year: 22,710 (1990).
In 2025, 594 US boys were named Kyle, making it the 509th most common boys’ name of the year, down 70 places from #439 in 2024. That is 127 fewer than the 721 boys named Kyle in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #18, reached in 1990. That year also had the most boys given the name: 22,710. For comparison, it was #174 in 2015 and #431 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Kyle in 136 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 5 babies. In all, 494,713 US babies have been given the name, 1.8% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 181,612 babies named Kyle.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 11,785 US boys were named Kyle; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 2,039. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,876 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Kyle ranked highest in New York in 2025, at #294 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Kyler (41,378 babies since 1880), Kayle (4,654 babies since 1880) and Kelle (2,345 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Kile, Kiele and Kyel are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Kile (1,065), Kiele (508), Kyel (304), Kel (245), Kell (234), Kele (164), Kyelle (143), Keyle (106), Kyl (81), Kylle (75), Kyal (71), Kyell (64), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Kyle in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 19 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 64 | #294 | #96 |
| Ohio | 27 | #404 | #187 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #420 | #133 |
| Indiana | 17 | #422 | #223 |
| Arkansas | 8 | #424 | #253 |
| California | 76 | #425 | #180 |
| Florida | 45 | #430 | #152 |
| Pennsylvania | 24 | #434 | #129 |
| New Jersey | 17 | #459 | #95 |
| Washington | 16 | #463 | #227 |
| Nevada | 6 | #488 | #211 |
| Maryland | 10 | #493 | #133 |
| Kansas | 7 | #497 | #306 |
| Michigan | 16 | #529 | #203 |
| Massachusetts | 9 | #538 | #112 |
| Illinois | 18 | #538 | #159 |
| Tennessee | 14 | #541 | #225 |
| Missouri | 11 | #542 | #209 |
| Iowa | 6 | #548 | #243 |
| Georgia | 19 | #552 | #144 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #582 | #179 |
| Texas | 54 | #584 | #184 |
| Virginia | 12 | #608 | #168 |
| Louisiana | 7 | #636 | #176 |
| Colorado | 8 | #654 | #242 |
| Kentucky | 6 | #675 | #233 |
| Minnesota | 7 | #682 | #226 |
| South Carolina | 6 | #710 | #200 |
| Alabama | 6 | #726 | #214 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #742 | #215 |
| North Carolina | 12 | #746 | #244 |
| Arizona | 8 | #752 | #230 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,701 | 594 | #509 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,435 | 721 | #439 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,615 | 758 | #417 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,405 | 808 | #394 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,288 | 899 | #363 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,366 | 1,056 | #313 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,588 | 1,386 | #262 |
| 2018 | 65 | #2,667 | 1,682 | #223 |
| 2017 | 48 | #3,333 | 1,842 | #210 |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,625 | 2,039 | #199 |
| 2015 | 60 | #2,911 | 2,394 | #174 |
| 2014 | 68 | #2,602 | 2,388 | #179 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,923 | 2,589 | #155 |
| 2012 | 52 | #3,196 | 2,968 | #127 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,976 | 3,269 | #120 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,453 | 3,581 | #107 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,427 | 4,180 | #99 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,961 | 4,705 | #97 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,822 | 5,355 | #86 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,447 | 6,150 | #81 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,845 | 6,688 | #69 |
| 2004 | 74 | #2,333 | 7,826 | #55 |
| 2003 | 61 | #2,624 | 8,651 | #53 |
| 2002 | 45 | #3,178 | 10,064 | #40 |
| 2001 | 56 | #2,680 | 10,568 | #40 |
| 2000 | 53 | #2,763 | 11,969 | #37 |
| 1999 | 66 | #2,272 | 13,774 | #28 |
| 1998 | 94 | #1,697 | 15,277 | #24 |
| 1997 | 115 | #1,445 | 15,919 | #24 |
| 1996 | 105 | #1,527 | 15,600 | #25 |
| 1995 | 124 | #1,332 | 16,761 | #24 |
| 1994 | 155 | #1,150 | 18,399 | #24 |
| 1993 | 162 | #1,110 | 19,454 | #23 |
| 1992 | 173 | #1,058 | 20,714 | #22 |
| 1991 | 163 | #1,105 | 21,610 | #21 |
| 1990 | 237 | #829 | 22,710 | #18 |
| 1989 | 254 | #767 | 20,882 | #20 |
| 1988 | 290 | #665 | 19,895 | #21 |
| 1987 | 319 | #606 | 19,862 | #22 |
| 1986 | 261 | #695 | 19,315 | #23 |
| 1985 | 303 | #620 | 16,523 | #27 |
| 1984 | 230 | #718 | 12,546 | #34 |
| 1983 | 243 | #703 | 12,372 | #34 |
| 1982 | 189 | #832 | 8,207 | #47 |
| 1981 | 157 | #945 | 6,570 | #52 |
| 1980 | 173 | #888 | 5,775 | #57 |
| 1979 | 166 | #900 | 5,449 | #56 |
| 1978 | 158 | #904 | 4,517 | #63 |
| 1977 | 83 | #1,364 | 3,505 | #79 |
| 1976 | 63 | #1,592 | 3,308 | #80 |
| 1975 | 89 | #1,259 | 2,833 | #88 |
| 1974 | 94 | #1,193 | 2,598 | #97 |
| 1973 | 80 | #1,289 | 2,372 | #110 |
| 1972 | 62 | #1,520 | 2,477 | #113 |
| 1971 | 83 | #1,308 | 2,823 | #116 |
| 1970 | 91 | #1,231 | 2,763 | #120 |
| 1969 | 76 | #1,297 | 2,134 | #143 |
| 1968 | 53 | #1,586 | 1,943 | #148 |
| 1967 | 50 | #1,605 | 2,139 | #138 |
| 1966 | 56 | #1,483 | 1,954 | #146 |
| 1965 | 90 | #1,115 | 1,169 | #210 |
| 1964 | 112 | #1,018 | 1,478 | #191 |
| 1963 | 128 | #937 | 1,628 | #180 |
| 1962 | 138 | #900 | 1,712 | #176 |
| 1961 | 225 | #700 | 1,159 | #232 |
| 1960 | 223 | #682 | 1,263 | #220 |
| 1959 | 224 | #669 | 1,146 | #237 |
| 1958 | 163 | #785 | 1,011 | #248 |
| 1957 | 195 | #712 | 1,033 | #241 |
| 1956 | 186 | #700 | 470 | #344 |
| 1955 | 134 | #839 | 404 | #360 |
| 1954 | 158 | #736 | 402 | #361 |
| 1953 | 153 | #737 | 360 | #358 |
| 1952 | 156 | #713 | 381 | #352 |
| 1951 | 211 | #594 | 343 | #369 |
| 1950 | 102 | #879 | 239 | #431 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,527 | 144 | #564 |
| 1948 | 16 | #2,552 | 130 | #585 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,354 | 151 | #549 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,333 | 107 | #622 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,908 | 81 | #670 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,918 | 96 | #628 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,864 | 121 | #578 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,373 | 112 | #589 |
| 1941 | — | — | 119 | #546 |
| 1940 | — | — | 94 | #614 |
| 1939 | — | — | 101 | #572 |
| 1938 | — | — | 77 | #691 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,594 | 106 | #563 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,941 | 96 | #593 |
| 1935 | — | — | 114 | #541 |
| 1934 | — | — | 87 | #647 |
| 1933 | — | — | 74 | #702 |
| 1932 | — | — | 78 | #699 |
| 1931 | — | — | 79 | #675 |
| 1930 | — | — | 89 | #660 |
| 1929 | — | — | 80 | #693 |
| 1928 | — | — | 74 | #746 |
| 1927 | — | — | 102 | #624 |
| 1926 | — | — | 85 | #689 |
| 1925 | — | — | 84 | #706 |
| 1924 | — | — | 88 | #699 |
| 1923 | — | — | 68 | #818 |
| 1922 | — | — | 81 | #734 |
| 1921 | — | — | 67 | #847 |
| 1920 | — | — | 85 | #702 |
| 1919 | — | — | 52 | #932 |
| 1918 | — | — | 67 | #798 |
| 1917 | — | — | 75 | #703 |
| 1916 | — | — | 62 | #786 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,619 | 65 | #745 |
| 1914 | — | — | 42 | #829 |
| 1913 | — | — | 25 | #1,011 |
| 1912 | — | — | 35 | #727 |
| 1911 | — | — | 11 | #1,085 |
| 1910 | — | — | 15 | #803 |
| 1909 | — | — | 11 | #928 |
| 1908 | — | — | 10 | #919 |
| 1907 | — | — | 8 | #1,053 |
| 1906 | — | — | 10 | #826 |
| 1905 | — | — | 9 | #880 |
| 1904 | — | — | 10 | #786 |
| 1903 | — | — | 7 | #964 |
| 1902 | — | — | 7 | #983 |
| 1900 | — | — | 7 | #1,113 |
| 1899 | — | — | 7 | #908 |
| 1896 | — | — | 6 | #1,052 |
| 1895 | — | — | 7 | #937 |
| 1894 | — | — | 10 | #701 |
| 1893 | — | — | 7 | #875 |
| 1892 | — | — | 6 | #1,024 |
| 1891 | — | — | 7 | #810 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,086 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #1,042 |
| 1888 | — | — | 9 | #730 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #949 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).