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Kyle

Boys' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~470,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#508 among boys
Births in 2025
611 494,713 since 1880
Typical age
33 years, median

Kyle popularity over time

Kyle rank by birth year, 1881–2025Kyle ranked #866 in 1881 and #508 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #18, in 1990.#100#1,000#508best #18 in 199018901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1881–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1990: 22,947 births recorded as Kyle. 1881 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. Kyle has spent 36 years inside the national top 100.

The 2025 position is #508, on 611 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 75%. Year on year the rank dropped by 69.

Babies named Kyle per yearPeaks at 22,947 births in 1990.22,947 in 1990018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Kyle?

An estimated 470,100 living Americans are called Kyle. That is out of 494,713 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Kyle?

The typical living Kyle is 33 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 1990s. By the site’s era rules that makes Kyle a millennial-era name.

Your Kyle

Ages of living people named KyleHalf of living Kyles are older than 33 and half younger.median 33020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Kyle is most common

The name is concentrated in Alaska, at 3.0× the national rate. Hawaii, Delaware and Massachusetts follow.

Where Kyle is used more than average5 states use the name Kyle more than the national average.Alaska: 3.0× the national rateAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.7× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 2.0× the national rateDEMassachusetts: 1.8× the national rateMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: 2.7× the national rateHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Kyle is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Alaska 48 3.0×
Hawaii 58 2.7×
Delaware 40 2.0×
Massachusetts 326 1.8×
New York 1,059 1.7×

Kyle in England and Wales

ONS recorded 55 births named Kyle in 2025, ranking it #658. That is 39% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Kyle comes from

From several places in Scotland and Northern Ireland, derived from Gaelic caol (“narrows”).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Kyle

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Kyle Walker English association football player 1990 63
Kyle MacLachlan American actor 1959 58
Kyle Larson American racing driver 1992 47
Kyle Chandler American actor 1965 43
Kyle Gass American singer and musician 1960 40
Kyle Lafferty Northern Irish association footballer 1987 38
Kyle Lowry American basketball player 1986 34
Kyle Korver American basketball player 1981 31
Photo credits (6)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 656 in 1956 to 1,228 in 1957 — 1.9 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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