Kyal

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kyal: Recorded since 1996, it reached #698 in 2008, and it was last ranked in 2014.

2registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#698highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2014

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#2022
1998	#2419
1999	#1664
2000	#2501
2001	#2220
2002	#2254
2003	#912
2004	#1110
2005	#1377
2006	#1545
2007	#1361
2008	#1706
2012	#4805
2014	#4632

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 England and Wales in 15 of the 19 years from 1996 to 2014.

In 2008: #698 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1706 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2014 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1591 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2014
Most recently recorded at #4632 among boys in England and Wales, in 2014.
England and Wales · Boys

Kyal by decade in England and Wales · 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 Kyal in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	23	4 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	106	9 of 10	12
2010s	6	2 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kyal 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2014. Highest recorded position: #698 in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Kyal'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
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1377	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1110	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#912	21	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2014, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #698, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 12 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.

Kya · #459, 30y
Kyah · #502, 28y
Kyan · #392, 29y
Kyana · #2589, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Artiom · #698, 16y
Benjamen · #698, 15y
Brajan · #698, 12y
Collin · #698, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amr · #698, 29y
Benjamen · #698, 15y
Collin · #698, 14y
Fareed · #698, 27y

Kyal was ranked #698 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2008. 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.

Kyal 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 Kyal without appearing here.

Kyal moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2254 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #912 and #2857.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2254 and #1651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #912 and #1962.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2220 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2254 and #3225.

Moved ahead of Kyal

Theodor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1706 and #1828 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #4805 and #1086.
Henrik Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1706 and #3158 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #4805 and #1962.
Tor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1706 and #4432 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #4805 and #2270.
Gustav Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1706 and #1828 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #4805 and #2458.

Moved the opposite way to Kyal

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Boys, Kyal went from #1591 to #4632 while Albie went from #853 to #117.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Boys, Kyal went from #1591 to #4632 while Alfie went from #119 to #12.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Boys, Kyal went from #1591 to #4632 while Alfred went from #218 to #125.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Boys, Kyal went from #1591 to #4632 while Archie went from #192 to #17.

Moved the same way as Kyal

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Boys, Kyal went from #1591 to #4632 and Aaron from #33 to #80.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Boys, Kyal went from #1591 to #4632 and Adam from #16 to #39.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Boys, Kyal went from #1591 to #4632 and Alex from #43 to #75.
Alexander Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Boys, Kyal went from #1591 to #4632 and Alexander from #14 to #22.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2014. Highest recorded position: #698 in Republic of Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Kyal

Kyal at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kyal by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Kyal at a glance

Kyal by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Kyal and the names beside it

Kyal moved ahead of

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