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.

Lyle

#452 most common boys' name of all time · #983 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#452
Rank overall
#983 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
60,203
Since 2016
2,172
Peak year
1926 #152
Best rank
#145 1918
Girls Boys peak 1,073/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Lyle is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 211 216 #1,047
2024 219 219 #1,020
2023 8 192 200 #1,106
2022 10 209 219 #1,052
2021 8 217 225 #1,008
2020 207 207 #1,010
2019 7 235 242 #927
2018 5 220 225 #946
2017 205 205 #993
2016 6 208 214 #980
2015 183 183 #1,077
2014 10 172 182 #1,110
2013 10 168 178 #1,102
2012 133 133 #1,299
2011 137 137 #1,257
2010 101 101 #1,566
2009 86 86 #1,762
2008 78 78 #1,861
2007 86 86 #1,728
2006 104 104 #1,468
2005 5 83 88 #1,635
2004 79 79 #1,631
2003 117 117 #1,235
2002 107 107 #1,269
2001 100 100 #1,309
2000 102 102 #1,271
1999 7 93 100 #1,304
1998 97 97 #1,248
1997 122 122 #1,047
1996 118 118 #1,037
1995 143 143 #927
1994 149 149 #887
1993 159 159 #834
1992 189 189 #752
1991 179 179 #765
1990 257 257 #633
1989 252 252 #628
1988 248 248 #593
1987 253 253 #567
1986 297 297 #513
1985 246 246 #564
1984 255 255 #544
1983 247 247 #531
1982 6 224 230 #574
1981 246 246 #533
1980 268 268 #525
1979 5 246 251 #544
1978 6 235 241 #539
1977 279 279 #485
1976 221 221 #540
1975 247 247 #508
1974 271 271 #484
1973 287 287 #460
1972 6 313 319 #450
1971 5 395 400 #406
1970 9 465 474 #376
1969 6 435 441 #376
1968 434 434 #373
1967 377 377 #389
1966 435 435 #358
1965 454 454 #359
1964 7 515 522 #345
1963 575 575 #329
1962 10 644 654 #307
1961 9 659 668 #302
1960 7 731 738 #290
1959 6 761 767 #286
1958 9 770 779 #276
1957 8 838 846 #261
1956 15 794 809 #258
1955 8 821 829 #246
1954 11 889 900 #237
1953 17 891 908 #226
1952 17 897 914 #222
1951 15 815 830 #233
1950 15 828 843 #223
1949 7 835 842 #220
1948 13 864 877 #216
1947 8 904 912 #212
1946 11 859 870 #200
1945 8 766 774 #194
1944 12 813 825 #189
1943 16 884 900 #185
1942 9 890 899 #176
1941 12 939 951 #168
1940 10 864 874 #173
1939 9 834 843 #175
1938 6 790 796 #183
1937 12 875 887 #167
1936 14 910 924 #159
1935 9 934 943 #156
1934 15 939 954 #155
1933 9 916 925 #158
1932 16 969 985 #155
1931 21 944 965 #157
1930 19 947 966 #160
1929 14 1,007 1,021 #152
1928 16 999 1,015 #155
1927 17 1,054 1,071 #151
1926 22 1,051 1,073 #152
1925 22 1,012 1,034 #154
1924 23 1,000 1,023 #159
1923 20 1,011 1,031 #154
1922 16 1,055 1,071 #146
1921 32 1,007 1,039 #150
1920 29 967 996 #152
1919 24 877 901 #153
1918 17 993 1,010 #145
1917 27 855 882 #153
1916 16 806 822 #153
1915 17 719 736 #159
1914 27 495 522 #179
1913 16 342 358 #196
1912 15 325 340 #181
1911 12 128 140 #226
1910 8 117 125 #216
1909 72 72 #263
1908 7 75 82 #246
1907 8 76 84 #236
1906 5 93 98 #195
1905 10 61 71 #250
1904 74 74 #215
1903 66 66 #224
1902 7 48 55 #273
1901 5 60 65 #227
1900 6 49 55 #300
1899 42 42 #265
1898 9 56 65 #233
1897 10 39 49 #295
1896 10 35 45 #322
1895 40 40 #281
1894 8 48 56 #252
1893 7 29 36 #329
1892 5 29 34 #356
1891 31 31 #304
1890 5 22 27 #387
1889 18 18 #445
1888 7 22 29 #403
1887 17 17 #419
1886 12 12 #567
1885 13 13 #545
1884 12 12 #567
1883 7 7 #755
1882 12 12 #570
1881 6 6 #822
1880 7 7 #785