# Doyle (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/doyle/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 30,652 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 30,400 / 252 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 57, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1935 | 6 | 3,874 |
| 1936 | 8 | 3,176 |
| 1937 | 7 | 3,539 |
| 1938 | 5 | 4,497 |
| 1941 | 6 | 4,081 |
| 1944 | 7 | 3,792 |
| 1946 | 6 | 4,571 |
| 1947 | 5 | 5,527 |
| 1948 | 6 | 4,819 |
| 1950 | 6 | 4,887 |
| 1951 | 7 | 4,488 |
| 1955 | 5 | 6,082 |
| 1957 | 8 | 4,636 |
| 1959 | 7 | 5,175 |
| 1962 | 6 | 6,052 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 7,644 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7,190 |
| 2013 | 17 | 5,232 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8,997 |
| 2015 | 12 | 6,783 |
| 2016 | 10 | 7,746 |
| 2017 | 18 | 5,155 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,442 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,290 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,152 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,105 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,210 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,426 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7,380 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7,815 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |
| 1997 | 3 | 2,859 |
| 1998 | 6 | 1,821 |
| 1999 | 4 | 2,425 |
| 2000 | 4 | 2,501 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,134 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2,470 |
| 2004 | 8 | 1,878 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2,418 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |

## People named Doyle

- Doyle Brunson, American poker player (1933–2023)
- Doyle Bramhall II, American guitarist
- Doyle Dykes, American musician
- Kathy Bates, American film actress and director
- Barry Harris, American jazz pianist and educator (1929–2021)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.