Masculine dossier · first seen 1881

Kyle

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Kyle
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.8% from peak

Peak era

1990

Peak rank proxy

22,710

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1881Peak 19902024

Peak year

1990

Decline from peak

96.8%

2024

716

All-time

485,170

Kyle once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1990, when 22,710 boys were named Kyle.

In 2024, only 716 boys were given the name.

Down 96.8% from its peak.

All told, about 485,170 Americans have been named Kyle and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1881.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.8% from peak

199022,710 boys named Kyle

2024716 boys named Kyle

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