Boys' name · since 1913
Doyl
Doyl has 210 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1928 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,654 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 210
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
Doyl sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 210 recorded since 1913.
Doyl has 210 recorded births among boys since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1963.
- #12,654 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 210 born since 1913
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Doyl ranks #12,654 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 210 born since 1913, peaking in the 1920s.
- #12,654 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 210
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
Doyl's 210 recorded births place it above 72.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Doyl's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Doyl's SSA record in two at 1930 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1913, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1928 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Doyl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1963
- Peak year (1928)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Doyl by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (80 births, 38% of the file).
1920s was Doyl's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Doyl births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 29
1910s
29 births
- 1920s
1920s
80 births
- 1930s
1930s
62 births
- 1940s
1940s
34 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 80 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Doyl's decade-level peak was the 1920s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Doyl: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1928)
Similar record span (~50 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1913–1963 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Doyl draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.