Lytle — boys' name
215 babies named Lytle in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Lytle was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Lytle in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lytle
The Social Security Administration has registered 215 babies named Lytle between 1884 and 1957, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lytle currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1957. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lytle performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lytle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lytle 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 215 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.
Lytle at a glance
Last recorded 1957Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lytle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–1884
- Peak year (1919)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 74 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1957.
215 total births across 74 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 14 births in a single year.
Lytle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 83 births that decade — 39% of Lytle's all-time total
Lytle decade highlights
- Peak decade 83 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Lytle's strongest decade
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% 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, 1884–1957 (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.