Lyle

Boy name

Lyle has been given to 60,203 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1926.

Meaning & origin /laɪl/

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

60,203

Peak year

1926 (1,073 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▲ +18%

Gender split

2% girls / 98% boys

Lyle Foster

South African association football player

Lyle Lovett

American musician

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Lyle.

61,279 babies since 1880

59,115 babies since 1880

61,969 babies since 1880

57,761 babies since 1880

62,689 babies since 1880

57,445 babies since 1888

54,356 babies since 1880

53,638 babies since 1880

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