Kyle
A boys’ name of Scottish Gaelic origin, meaning narrow strait or channel.
How Kyle has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #175 |
| 2016 | #199 |
| 2017 | #211 |
| 2018 | #223 |
| 2019 | #262 |
| 2020 | #313 |
| 2021 | #364 |
| 2022 | #393 |
| 2023 | #416 |
| 2024 | #439 |
| 2025 | #509 |
Kyle by the numbers
In 2025, 55 babies in England and Wales were named Kyle. In the US, 1,869 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 22,700 babies in 1990, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1990, about 1 in 95 American boys born that year was called Kyle.
Names that come from Kyle
Forms of Kyle in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kyle. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kylerarcher; a form of kylie or kyle1,149 in the US (2017)
- Kylennarrow strait or channel; respelling of Kyle226 in the US (2017)
- Kalethe sea, ocean61 in the US (2017)
- Kaylenarrow strait or channel; a modern respelling of Kyle43 in the US (2017)
- Kyleygraceful; a form of Kylie12 in the US (2017)
- Kye327 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kyle
Names that are said the same way as Kyle, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Kyle
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