Kyle — #439 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kyle

The Social Security Administration has registered 485,170 babies named Kyle between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kyle currently holds the #439 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 22,710 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kyle performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 180,218 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Kyle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 51,150 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kyle in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kyle 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 485,170 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.