Kyal — boys' name
71 babies named Kyal in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Kyal was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Kyal in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kyal
The Social Security Administration has registered 71 babies named Kyal between 1986 and 2002, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kyal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kyal performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kyal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kyal 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 71 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.
Kyal at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kyal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1986
- Peak year (1988)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
71 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 8 births in a single year.
Kyal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 36 births that decade — 51% of Kyal's all-time total
Kyal decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kyal's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1986–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.