# Lyle (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lyle/  
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 | /laɪl/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lisle, Lile, Lyall, Lyell |
| US babies named this | 60,203 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 59,190 / 1,013 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 627, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 6 | 7,815 |
| 1978 | 6 | 9,230 |
| 1979 | 5 | 11,197 |
| 1982 | 6 | 9,931 |
| 1999 | 7 | 12,147 |
| 2005 | 5 | 18,101 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,714 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,621 |
| 2016 | 6 | 15,481 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,161 |
| 2019 | 7 | 13,254 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,761 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10,125 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11,785 |
| 2025 | 5 | 16,337 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 137 | 1,263 |
| 2012 | 133 | 1,301 |
| 2013 | 168 | 1,104 |
| 2014 | 172 | 1,115 |
| 2015 | 183 | 1,079 |
| 2016 | 208 | 983 |
| 2017 | 205 | 994 |
| 2018 | 220 | 947 |
| 2019 | 235 | 928 |
| 2020 | 207 | 1,010 |
| 2021 | 217 | 1,013 |
| 2022 | 209 | 1,056 |
| 2023 | 192 | 1,107 |
| 2024 | 219 | 1,022 |
| 2025 | 211 | 1,047 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 34 | 852 |
| 2012 | 28 | 998 |
| 2013 | 28 | 1,001 |
| 2014 | 47 | 695 |
| 2015 | 34 | 888 |
| 2016 | 38 | 833 |
| 2017 | 34 | 906 |
| 2018 | 20 | 1,284 |
| 2019 | 24 | 1,113 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,111 |
| 2021 | 27 | 1,055 |
| 2022 | 25 | 1,104 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 32 | 953 |

## People named Lyle

- Lyle Lovett, American musician
- Lyle Mays, American jazz musician (1953–2020)
- Lyle Campbell, American Mesoamericanist
- Lyle Talbot, American actor (1902-1996)
- Lyle Waggoner, American actor (1935-2020)
- Lyle Bettger, American actor (1915-2003)
- Lyle R. Wheeler, American art director (1905–1990)
- Lyle Alzado, American professional football player and actor (1949–1992)
- Lyle Odelein, Canadian ice hockey player
- Lyle Workman, American musician
- Lyle Tayo, American actress (1889-1971)
- Lyle Ritz, American bassist and ukulele player

## 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.