NameTides

Nyle

Nyle was the #2,991 boys' name in the US in 2025 (41 babies), and #2,269 in England & Wales and #1,311 in Canada.

Nyle as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Nyle as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Nyle as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#2,991 (41)#2,269 (10)—#1,311 (18)
2024#2,637 (50)#1,517 (17)—#1,432 (15)
2023#2,362 (58)#2,161 (10)—#1,947 (9)
2022#2,325 (61)#2,166 (10)#703 (3)#1,483 (13)
2021#1,943 (77)#1,516 (16)—#1,478 (13)
2020#1,996 (71)#1,825 (12)—#1,595 (11)
2019#2,339 (58)#1,869 (12)—#1,256 (16)
2018#2,122 (66)#1,382 (18)#704 (3)#1,175 (17)
2017#2,065 (67)#1,627 (15)—#1,246 (16)
2016#1,655 (96)#1,498 (17)—#1,578 (11)
2015#2,565 (48)#1,380 (18)—#1,956 (8)
2014#2,516 (49)#1,327 (19)—#1,465 (12)
2013#2,668 (44)#1,063 (25)—#1,926 (8)
2012#2,358 (54)#1,430 (17)—#2,368 (6)
2011#3,364 (32)#1,447 (16)—#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #1,655.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1914.
  • In 2022, 12% of US babies named Nyle were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 42,000 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 42,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Nyle is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 47,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 42,000 to 1 in 52,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nyle by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Nyle (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
Ontario2024#79414

Nyle (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
NyleCanadaBoys#1,31118
NyleEngland & WalesBoys#2,26910
NyleNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
NyleScotlandBoys—too few
NyleUSGirls—too few
NyleUSBoys#2,99141