Nyle — #2633 US boys' name
2,132 babies named Nyle in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 82% of names given to boys today.
26% of everyone ever named Nyle was born in this single decade.
96 babies were named Nyle in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nyle
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,132 babies named Nyle between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nyle currently holds the #2633 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 96 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nyle performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 546 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Nyle shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 129 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Nyle in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nyle 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 2,132 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.
Nyle at a glance
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Current rank
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Nyle popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (2016)
- 96
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #2633 among boys.
2,132 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 96 births in a single year.
Nyle popularity over time — girls
44 total births recorded since 1928 (Nyle as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Nyle accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Nyle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 546 births that decade — 26% of Nyle's all-time total
Nyle decade highlights
- Peak decade 546 births
- Runner-up 317 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Nyle's strongest decade
546 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Nyle by state
Where Nyle concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 129 | 6.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 83 | 3.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 56 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 24 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 22 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Iowa | | 15 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Florida | | 10 | 0.5% |
129 of 2,132 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.1% of nationwide
- Texas 3.9% of nationwide
- New York 2.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Nyle appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1914–2024 (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.