Meaning and history
Kyle is a name from a Scottish surname derived from various place names ultimately based on Gaelic caol, meaning “narrows,” “channel,” or “strait.” It was rare as a given name in the first half of the 20th century, then grew steadily in popularity across the English-speaking world, reaching the top 50 in most places by the 1990s before declining in all regions.
20062006: 6,150 births, rank #81
2007: 5,355 births, rank #86
2008: 4,705 births, rank #97
2009: 4,180 births, rank #99
2010: 3,581 births, rank #107
20112011: 3,269 births, rank #120
2012: 2,968 births, rank #127
2013: 2,589 births, rank #155
2014: 2,388 births, rank #179
2015: 2,394 births, rank #174
20162016: 2,039 births, rank #199
2017: 1,842 births, rank #210
2018: 1,682 births, rank #223
2019: 1,386 births, rank #262
2020: 1,056 births, rank #313
20212021: 899 births, rank #363
2022: 808 births, rank #394
2023: 758 births, rank #417
2024: 721 births, rank #439
20252025: 594 births, rank #508
Kyle moved from #439 to #509 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1990, with 22,710 births.