Lyle — #1018 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Lyle

The Social Security Administration has registered 58,977 babies named Lyle between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lyle currently holds the #1018 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 1,055 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lyle performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 10,163 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lyle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 4,357 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Iowa. In total, SSA state-level files list Lyle in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lyle 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 58,977 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.