Kyle

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kyle: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kyle: Recorded since 1973, it reached #26 in 1998, and it stood at #124 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
154times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#26highest recorded position
31groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Kyle's record

Held a top-100 place for 39 years running. Names by top-100 run
England and Wales registered 2,205 births with the name in 1997, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#37
1997	#38
1998	#38
1999	#37
2000	#39
2001	#42
2002	#40
2003	#39
2004	#37
2005	#41
2006	#45
2007	#51
2008	#69
2009	#74
2010	#74
2011	#95
2012	#94
2013	#120
2014	#131
2015	#151
2016	#194
2017	#255
2018	#320
2019	#385
2020	#448
2021	#543
2022	#515
2023	#574
2024	#651

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 44 of the 48 years from 1978 to 2025.

In 2024: #148 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #278 among boys in Scotland, #339 among boys in Northern Ireland, #651 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1973–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #95 among boys in New Zealand in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Boys
Highest recorded1985–2005
Highest recorded position: #26 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1998 (recorded 1985–2005).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #124 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Kyle appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 44 ranked years and 4,998 births registered; the earliest is New Zealand · Boys, from 1973.

Kyle across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kyle's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#255 (1978)	#32 (2004)	#124 (2025)	44 of 48	4,998 (1978–2025)	252 (2012)
New Zealand · Boys	#95 (1973)	#46 (1986)	#90 (2008)	31 of 36	2,568 (1973–2008)	122 (1989)
England and Wales · Boys	#37 (1996)	#37 (1996)	#651 (2024)	29 of 29	28,463 (1996–2024)	2,205 (1997)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#32 (1997)	#30 (1998)	#339 (2024)	28 of 28	1,379 (1997–2024)	102 (1997)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#58 (1985)	#26 (1998)	#81 (2005)	21 of 21	4,457 (1985–2005)	350 (1998)

Kyle by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kyle in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	5	1 of 10	5
1980s	147	7 of 10	21
1990s	708	10 of 10	71
2000sbusiest	1,932	10 of 10	193
2010s	1,874	10 of 10	187
2020s	332	6 of 10	55

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 193 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2016 and 2017, when recorded births fell by 77, from 191 to 114.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Kyle appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1973 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #26 in New South Wales, Australia in 1998.

Kyle's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#651	57	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#574	65	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#515	76	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#543	71	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#448	90	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#385	112	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#320	148	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#255	211	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#194	288	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#151	375	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#131	460	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#120	504	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#94	676	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#95	683	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#74	904	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#74	892	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#69	1,030	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#51	1,478	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#45	1,565	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#41	1,638	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#37	1,990	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#39	1,823	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#40	1,767	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#42	1,649	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#39	1,645	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#37	1,999	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#38	2,016	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#38	2,205	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#37	2,046	High	Verified
2005	New South Wales, Australia	male	#81	115	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	male	#80	116	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	male	#55	158	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	male	#47	196	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	male	#41	229	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	male	#34	301	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	male	#27	323	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	male	#26	350	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	male	#34	282	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	male	#50	199	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	male	#48	225	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	male	#55	195	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	male	#52	209	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New South Wales, Australia	male	#46	233	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	male	#42	241	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	male	#53	186	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	male	#52	174	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	male	#46	200	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	male	#47	202	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	male	#51	182	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	male	#58	141	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New Zealand	male	#90	62	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	male	#93	57	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	male	#82	61	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	male	#67	80	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	male	#72	69	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	male	#76	68	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	male	#67	80	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	male	#61	90	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	male	#56	96	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	male	#55	102	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	male	#64	88	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	male	#64	96	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	male	#60	101	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	male	#61	102	High	Verified
1992	New Zealand	male	#61	103	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	male	#66	84	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	male	#64	89	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	male	#48	122	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	male	#56	93	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	male	#50	112	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	male	#46	114	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	male	#50	102	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	male	#60	85	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	male	#67	74	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	male	#97	50	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	male	#94	52	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	male	#84	62	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	male	#89	66	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	male	#95	65	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	male	#93	69	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	male	#95	74	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#272	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#266	7	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#213	9	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#197	11	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#178	13	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#140	19	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#108	28	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#115	27	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#78	41	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#83	37	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#79	44	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#64	53	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#58	60	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#64	54	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#49	66	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#36	81	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#54	58	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#35	80	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#38	76	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#41	71	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#39	78	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#34	93	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#47	68	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#42	86	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#30	102	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#32	102	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#124	44	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#148	35	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#100	59	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#101	62	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#115	56	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#85	76	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#87	78	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#65	98	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#61	114	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#40	191	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#34	217	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#34	222	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#32	228	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#32	252	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#36	242	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#37	232	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#40	216	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#38	223	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#38	210	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#38	202	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#35	210	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#32	216	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#35	200	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#36	190	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#53	126	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#50	139	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#60	99	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#55	96	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#58	134	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#71	100	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#82	69	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#102	53	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#105	52	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#104	52	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#130	34	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#161	19	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#129	30	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#101	48	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#133	32	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#146	22	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#202	9	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#255	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#278	14	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1973 and 2025, ranked in 50 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #26, first reached in 1998.

It held a top-100 place in 46 years, 39 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 2,205 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1978, and 51 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kylah · #638, 28y
Kylan · #311, 30y
Kylen · #1706, 18y
Kyler · #610, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Hayden · #26, 52y
Rhys · #25, 46y
Amber · #29, 52y
Penelope · #32, 54y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Hayden · #26, 52y
Imogen · #26, 34y
Rhys · #25, 46y
Shea · #25, 32y

Kyle was ranked #26 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kyle and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kyle without appearing here.

Kyle moved ahead of

Bruce Compare
In 2000 they stood at #330 and #282 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2001 that had become #53 and #409.
Oisin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #61 and #11 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #65 and #247.
Kristian Compare
In 1986 they stood at #318 and #318 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1987 that had become #133 and #303.
Ronald Compare
In 1985 they stood at #202 and #177 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1986 that had become #146 and #256.

Moved ahead of Kyle

Rian Compare
In 2020 they stood at #448 and #475 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #543 and #352.
Tadhg Compare
In 2022 they stood at #515 and #600 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #574 and #419.
Noel Compare
In 2022 they stood at #515 and #524 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #574 and #431.
Lachlan Compare
In 2019 they stood at #385 and #454 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #448 and #347.

Moved the opposite way to Kyle

Alan Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kyle went from #255 to #124 while Alan went from #11 to #232.
Andrew Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kyle went from #255 to #124 while Andrew went from #24 to #106.
Anthony Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kyle went from #255 to #124 while Anthony went from #15 to #135.
Barry Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kyle went from #255 to #124 while Barry went from #20 to #402.

Moved the same way as Kyle

Arthur Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kyle went from #255 to #124 and Arthur from #184 to #57.
Cian Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kyle went from #255 to #124 and Cian from #109 to #33.
Cillian Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kyle went from #255 to #124 and Cillian from #188 to #9.
Evan Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kyle went from #255 to #124 and Evan from #150 to #80.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1973 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #26 in New South Wales, Australia in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kyle

Kyle at a glance

What stands out in Kyle's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kyle across 5 official records

Kyle by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Kyle appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Kyle

Kyle and the names beside it

Kyle moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kyle

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Moved the same way as Kyle

Kyle at a glance

What stands out in Kyle's record

Kyle across 5 official records

Kyle by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Kyle appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Kyle

Kyle and the names beside it

Kyle moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kyle

Moved the opposite way to Kyle

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