# Kyle (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kyle/  
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 | “narrows” |
| Pronunciation | /kaɪl/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 494,713 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 485,780 / 8,933 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 28,518, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 58 | 2,976 |
| 2012 | 52 | 3,196 |
| 2013 | 58 | 2,923 |
| 2014 | 68 | 2,602 |
| 2015 | 60 | 2,911 |
| 2016 | 43 | 3,625 |
| 2017 | 48 | 3,333 |
| 2018 | 65 | 2,667 |
| 2019 | 43 | 3,588 |
| 2020 | 46 | 3,366 |
| 2021 | 33 | 4,288 |
| 2022 | 24 | 5,405 |
| 2023 | 30 | 4,615 |
| 2024 | 32 | 4,435 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6,701 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,269 | 120 |
| 2012 | 2,968 | 127 |
| 2013 | 2,589 | 155 |
| 2014 | 2,388 | 179 |
| 2015 | 2,394 | 174 |
| 2016 | 2,039 | 199 |
| 2017 | 1,842 | 210 |
| 2018 | 1,682 | 223 |
| 2019 | 1,386 | 262 |
| 2020 | 1,056 | 313 |
| 2021 | 899 | 363 |
| 2022 | 808 | 394 |
| 2023 | 758 | 417 |
| 2024 | 721 | 439 |
| 2025 | 594 | 509 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 683 | 95 |
| 2012 | 676 | 94 |
| 2013 | 504 | 120 |
| 2014 | 460 | 131 |
| 2015 | 375 | 151 |
| 2016 | 288 | 194 |
| 2017 | 211 | 255 |
| 2018 | 148 | 320 |
| 2019 | 112 | 385 |
| 2020 | 90 | 448 |
| 2021 | 71 | 543 |
| 2022 | 76 | 515 |
| 2023 | 65 | 574 |
| 2024 | 57 | 651 |
| 2025 | 55 | 658 |

## People named Kyle

- Kyle Walker, English association football player (born 1990)
- Kyle MacLachlan, American actor
- Kyle Larson, American racing driver (born 1992)
- Kyle Chandler, American actor (born 1965)
- Kyle Gass, American singer and musician (born 1960)
- Kyle Lowry, American basketball player (born 1986)
- Kyle Walker-Peters, English association football player
- Kyle Gallner, American actor
- Kyle Korver, American basketball player (born 1981)
- Kyle Beckerman, American soccer player
- Kyle Naughton, English association football player (born 1988)
- Kyle Edmund, British tennis player (born 1995)

## 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.