NameTides

Kyle

Kyle was the #508 boys' name in the US in 2025 (594 babies), and #658 in England & Wales and #319 in Canada.

Kyle as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Kyle as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandScotlandCanadaUSEngland & Wales
Kyle as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#508 (594)#658 (55)#219 (19)—#124 (44)#319 (104)—
2024#439 (721)#651 (57)#278 (14)#339 (4)#148 (35)#280 (117)—
2023#417 (758)#574 (65)#174 (26)#272 (6)#100 (59)#242 (130)—
2022#394 (808)#515 (76)#181 (26)#311 (5)#101 (62)#236 (140)—
2021#363 (899)#543 (71)#137 (38)#266 (7)#115 (56)#215 (161)—
2020#313 (1,056)#448 (90)#125 (45)#213 (9)#85 (76)#178 (204)—
2019#262 (1,386)#385 (112)#108 (53)#197 (11)#87 (78)#182 (207)—
2018#223 (1,682)#320 (148)#109 (56)#178 (13)#65 (98)#164 (231)—
2017#210 (1,842)#255 (211)#70 (93)#140 (19)#61 (114)#168 (223)—
2016#199 (2,039)#194 (288)#67 (106)#108 (28)#40 (191)#166 (227)—
2015#174 (2,394)#151 (375)#47 (136)#115 (27)#34 (217)#140 (273)—
2014#179 (2,388)#131 (460)#43 (144)#78 (41)#34 (222)#130 (319)—
2013#155 (2,589)#120 (504)#41 (184)#83 (37)#32 (228)#132 (305)—
2012#127 (2,968)#94 (676)#27 (249)#79 (44)#32 (252)#116 (335)—
2011#120 (3,269)#95 (683)#24 (266)#64 (53)#36 (242)#101 (394)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1990 at #18.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,900 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 540common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kyle is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,800 to 1 in 3,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kyle by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #446WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #532ILMichigan: #517MINew York: #292NYMassachusetts: #507MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #412INOhio: #395OHPennsylvania: #427PANew Jersey: #452NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #423CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #626CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #587VAMaryland: #475MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #720AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #468KSArkansas: #398ARTennessee: #520TNNorth Carolina: #718NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #541GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #575TXFlorida: #430FL
Kyle (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#22424
Ontario2024#37835

Kyle (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KyleCanadaGirls—too few
KyleCanadaBoys#319104
KyleEngland & WalesBoys#65855
KyleIrelandBoys#12444
KyleNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KyleNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KyleNSWBoys—too few
KyleScotlandGirls—too few
KyleScotlandBoys#21919
KyleUSGirls#6,54617
KyleUSBoys#508594