Meaning not yet researched.
Lyle: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 211 in 2025. Its best rank was #145 in 1918.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #145 in 1918; #1,047 in 2025. About 98% of babies named Lyle in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,047 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1918, at #145.
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Lyle: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 211 boys in 2025. Peak: #145 in 1918 · most boys in one year: 1,055 (1922).
In 2025, 211 US boys were named Lyle, making it the 1,047th most common boys’ name of the year, down 25 places from #1,022 in 2024. That is 8 fewer than the 219 boys named Lyle in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #145, reached in 1918. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,055, in 1922. For comparison, it was #1,079 in 2015 and #223 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lyle in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 7 babies with the name. In all, 60,203 US babies have been given the name, 1.7% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 10,374 babies named Lyle.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,123 US boys were named Lyle; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 235. In 2025 that was about 1 in 8,095 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lyle ranked highest in Maine in 2025, at #256 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Lyall, Lyal and Lyell 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.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lyall (291), Lyal (145), Lyell (140).
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 Lyle 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 33 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 5 | #256 | — |
| Wisconsin | 13 | #404 | #581 |
| Iowa | 7 | #478 | — |
| Oregon | 7 | #507 | — |
| Mississippi | 5 | #586 | — |
| Kentucky | 6 | #681 | — |
| Ohio | 12 | #737 | #884 |
| Indiana | 8 | #753 | #528 |
| Minnesota | 6 | #769 | #525 |
| Utah | 5 | #769 | — |
| Colorado | 6 | #816 | #753 |
| Illinois | 10 | #843 | #1,052 |
| Tennessee | 7 | #896 | — |
| Washington | 6 | #955 | #1,043 |
| Michigan | 7 | #966 | #657 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,058 | #1,000 |
| California | 19 | #1,105 | #1,825 |
| Florida | 9 | #1,317 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #16,337 | 211 | #1,047 |
| 2024 | — | — | 219 | #1,022 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,785 | 192 | #1,107 |
| 2022 | 10 | #10,125 | 209 | #1,056 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,761 | 217 | #1,013 |
| 2020 | — | — | 207 | #1,010 |
| 2019 | 7 | #13,254 | 235 | #928 |
| 2018 | 5 | #17,161 | 220 | #947 |
| 2017 | — | — | 205 | #994 |
| 2016 | 6 | #15,481 | 208 | #983 |
| 2015 | — | — | 183 | #1,079 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,621 | 172 | #1,115 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,714 | 168 | #1,104 |
| 2012 | — | — | 133 | #1,301 |
| 2011 | — | — | 137 | #1,263 |
| 2010 | — | — | 101 | #1,572 |
| 2009 | — | — | 86 | #1,769 |
| 2008 | — | — | 78 | #1,868 |
| 2007 | — | — | 86 | #1,736 |
| 2006 | — | — | 104 | #1,475 |
| 2005 | 5 | #18,101 | 83 | #1,643 |
| 2004 | — | — | 79 | #1,646 |
| 2003 | — | — | 117 | #1,244 |
| 2002 | — | — | 107 | #1,276 |
| 2001 | — | — | 100 | #1,312 |
| 2000 | — | — | 102 | #1,278 |
| 1999 | 7 | #12,147 | 93 | #1,305 |
| 1998 | — | — | 97 | #1,258 |
| 1997 | — | — | 122 | #1,047 |
| 1996 | — | — | 118 | #1,040 |
| 1995 | — | — | 143 | #927 |
| 1994 | — | — | 149 | #890 |
| 1993 | — | — | 159 | #836 |
| 1992 | — | — | 189 | #752 |
| 1991 | — | — | 179 | #765 |
| 1990 | — | — | 257 | #633 |
| 1989 | — | — | 252 | #628 |
| 1988 | — | — | 248 | #593 |
| 1987 | — | — | 253 | #567 |
| 1986 | — | — | 297 | #512 |
| 1985 | — | — | 246 | #564 |
| 1984 | — | — | 255 | #544 |
| 1983 | — | — | 247 | #530 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,931 | 224 | #574 |
| 1981 | — | — | 246 | #534 |
| 1980 | — | — | 268 | #525 |
| 1979 | 5 | #11,197 | 246 | #544 |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,230 | 235 | #539 |
| 1977 | — | — | 279 | #487 |
| 1976 | — | — | 221 | #540 |
| 1975 | — | — | 247 | #508 |
| 1974 | — | — | 271 | #484 |
| 1973 | — | — | 287 | #460 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,815 | 313 | #449 |
| 1971 | 5 | #9,047 | 395 | #406 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,639 | 465 | #376 |
| 1969 | 6 | #7,110 | 435 | #376 |
| 1968 | — | — | 434 | #373 |
| 1967 | — | — | 377 | #389 |
| 1966 | — | — | 435 | #359 |
| 1965 | — | — | 454 | #359 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,797 | 515 | #345 |
| 1963 | — | — | 575 | #329 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,422 | 644 | #306 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,746 | 659 | #302 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,483 | 731 | #290 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,961 | 761 | #286 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,375 | 770 | #277 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,758 | 838 | #261 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,129 | 794 | #258 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,593 | 821 | #246 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,611 | 889 | #237 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,655 | 891 | #226 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,630 | 897 | #222 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,763 | 815 | #233 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,728 | 828 | #223 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,494 | 835 | #220 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,904 | 864 | #216 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,208 | 904 | #212 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,147 | 859 | #200 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,561 | 766 | #194 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,713 | 813 | #189 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,316 | 884 | #185 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,332 | 890 | #176 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,610 | 939 | #168 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,878 | 864 | #173 |
| 1939 | 9 | #3,047 | 834 | #175 |
| 1938 | 6 | #4,136 | 790 | #183 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,517 | 875 | #167 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,215 | 910 | #159 |
| 1935 | 9 | #3,069 | 934 | #156 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,143 | 939 | #155 |
| 1933 | 9 | #3,022 | 916 | #158 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,095 | 969 | #155 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,720 | 944 | #157 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,913 | 947 | #160 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,386 | 1,007 | #152 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,249 | 999 | #155 |
| 1927 | 17 | #2,216 | 1,054 | #151 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,861 | 1,051 | #152 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,875 | 1,012 | #154 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,846 | 1,000 | #159 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,999 | 1,011 | #154 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,349 | 1,055 | #146 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,458 | 1,007 | #150 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,536 | 967 | #151 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,681 | 877 | #153 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,165 | 993 | #145 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,458 | 855 | #153 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,086 | 806 | #153 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,925 | 719 | #159 |
| 1914 | 27 | #1,191 | 495 | #178 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,503 | 342 | #196 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,455 | 325 | #181 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,417 | 128 | #224 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,867 | 117 | #216 |
| 1909 | — | — | 72 | #262 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,774 | 75 | #246 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,586 | 76 | #235 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,114 | 93 | #195 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,273 | 61 | #249 |
| 1904 | — | — | 74 | #215 |
| 1903 | — | — | 66 | #224 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,529 | 48 | #273 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,835 | 60 | #226 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,854 | 49 | #298 |
| 1899 | — | — | 42 | #262 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,226 | 56 | #233 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,077 | 39 | #293 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,090 | 35 | #320 |
| 1895 | — | — | 40 | #281 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,199 | 48 | #250 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,248 | 29 | #328 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,574 | 29 | #353 |
| 1891 | — | — | 31 | #302 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,447 | 22 | #382 |
| 1889 | — | — | 18 | #438 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,099 | 22 | #400 |
| 1887 | — | — | 17 | #417 |
| 1886 | — | — | 12 | #564 |
| 1885 | — | — | 13 | #538 |
| 1884 | — | — | 12 | #561 |
| 1883 | — | — | 7 | #772 |
| 1882 | — | — | 12 | #565 |
| 1881 | — | — | 6 | #834 |
| 1880 | — | — | 7 | #783 |
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).