Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kayle*

#2,582 most common girls' name of all time · #4,409 across all names · 13% male / 87% female · used 1948–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#2,582
Rank overall
#4,409 of 105,966
First appeared
1948
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
4,654
Since 2016
234
Peak year
2000 #1,090
Best rank
#1,090 2000
Girls Boys peak 206/yr
1960198020002020

Kayle first appears in 1948. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 13 13 #7,976
2024 6 6 #13,729
2023 15 15 #7,322
2022 21 21 #5,832
2021 21 21 #5,789
2020 22 22 #5,526
2019 26 26 #5,065
2018 26 26 #5,043
2017 43 43 #3,571
2016 41 41 #3,726
2015 45 45 #3,496
2014 68 11 79 #2,590
2013 63 9 72 #2,737
2012 100 9 109 #1,962
2011 106 10 116 #1,888
2010 115 8 123 #1,784
2009 134 15 149 #1,667
2008 132 16 148 #1,694
2007 135 9 144 #1,650
2006 140 22 162 #1,552
2005 144 17 161 #1,467
2004 153 7 160 #1,372
2003 148 18 166 #1,370
2002 139 15 154 #1,389
2001 145 8 153 #1,325
2000 190 16 206 #1,090
1999 179 16 195 #1,112
1998 171 15 186 #1,123
1997 146 15 161 #1,230
1996 124 18 142 #1,364
1995 127 17 144 #1,313
1994 126 12 138 #1,339
1993 115 15 130 #1,414
1992 132 25 157 #1,292
1991 113 16 129 #1,425
1990 125 29 154 #1,306
1989 101 23 124 #1,457
1988 75 16 91 #1,711
1987 69 18 87 #1,741
1986 51 22 73 #2,098
1985 27 13 40 #3,282
1984 50 11 61 #2,036
1983 18 13 31 #4,181
1982 14 8 22 #5,048
1981 7 6 13 #8,399
1980 6 12 18 #9,443
1978 5 8 13 #10,179
1977 11 9 20 #5,673
1976 5 9 14 #9,765
1975 10 5 15 #5,723
1974 6 6
1973 7 7
1972 5 5
1971 6 8 14 #7,741
1970 8 8
1969 5 5
1968 6 8 14 #6,610
1967 6 6
1966 5 5
1961 7 5 12 #5,656
1960 7 7
1957 5 5 10 #6,696
1955 6 6 #5,679
1952 5 5
1948 5 5