Total births
33
Boys' name · since 1925
Lyles
Lyles has 33 recorded births since 1925 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1925 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 33
- total births
- 1925–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
33 boys have been named Lyles since 1925, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lyles has 33 recorded births among boys since 1925, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 2025.
- 33 total births
- 1925–2025 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 52% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
33 boys have been named Lyles since 1925, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2025.
- 33
- total births
- 1925–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade
52% of everyone ever named Lyles was born in this single decade.
1925
Single peak year
6 babies were named Lyles in 1925 - its busiest year on record.
Lyles's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lyles splits its recorded history at 2021: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1950 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1925 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lyles at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
1925
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1925
Lyles popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–2025
- Peak year (1925)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 101 years of records
Lyles by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Lyles's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Lyles births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 17 births (52% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Lyles? ▼
Since 1925, Social Security records show 33 babies named Lyles. The most recent recorded year was 2025. Its busiest year on record was 1925, with 6 births.
When was Lyles most popular? ▼
Lyles was most popular in the 2020s decade with 17 total births. The single peak year was 1925.
How long has the name Lyles been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Lyles since 1925 -- 101 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Lyles? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lyle, Lyla. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1925–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Lyles: Baby Name Since 1925 - 33 Births, Peak 1925." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/lyles. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Lyles 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 July 2026.