How Many People Are Named Doyle?
people named Doyle are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 27,406 people in the US has this name
Based on 30,652 babies named Doyle in Social Security records from 1889 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
677 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Dubhghaill meaning "descendant of Dubhghall" (see DOUGAL). Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was the author of the Sherlock Holmes mystery stories.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Doyle, 0.5% were girls and 99.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Doyle alive today is about 65 years old, and 69% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 57 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Doyle first appears in the records in 1889 and was given most often in 1931, to 677 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1889 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Doyle has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #195, in 1931. In 2025 it ranked #7,811.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,811 |
| Best rank | #195 (1931) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #208 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Doyle alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Doyle were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,746 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Doyle was given 6.4 times as often in Arkansas, 5.1 times in Oklahoma and 3 times in Tennessee.
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