Doyle — #7241 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Doyle

The Social Security Administration has registered 30,390 babies named Doyle between 1889 and 2024, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Doyle currently holds the #7241 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 667 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Doyle performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 6,021 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Doyle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 4,434 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Doyle in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Doyle in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 30,390 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.