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Kyle
Pronounced /kaɪl/
Rank in 2024
#439
Born in 2024
716
Peak year
1990 · #18
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:31 in 2024 (#4,490)
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 716 boys were named Kyle, about 1 in every 2,396.
- It peaked in 1990 with 22,710 babies, ranked #18.
- It first shows up in the records in 1881.
- 485,170 boys have been named Kyle since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Kyle per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.4Boomers1946–64
- 1.8Gen X1965–80
- 8.9Millennials1981–96
- 4.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.9Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,181 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Silent: 1,678 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Boomers: 13,559 babies, 0.36 per 1,000. Gen X: 47,768 babies, 1.76 per 1,000. Millennials: 271,422 babies, 8.92 per 1,000. Gen Z: 130,938 babies, 4.17 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 18,543 babies, 0.85 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From several places in Scotland and Northern Ireland, derived from Gaelic caol (“narrows”).
- (countable) A unisex given name.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- (uncommon) A female given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /kaɪl/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Kyle, CC BY-SA 4.0.