How Many People Are Named Lyle?
people named Lyle are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 13,237 people in the US has this name
Based on 60,203 babies named Lyle in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,073 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was derived from Norman French l'isle "island".
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Lyle, 1.3% were girls and 98.7% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 5.3% of the babies were girls then and 2.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lyle alive today is about 55 years old, and 54% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 40 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lyle first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1926, to 1,073 babies. In 2025, 216 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lyle has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #145, in 1918. In 2025 it ranked #1,047.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,047 |
| Best rank | #145 (1918) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #155 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lyle alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lyle were born in California than in any other state: about 2,008 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lyle was given 7.8 times as often in South Dakota, 6.7 times in North Dakota and 5.1 times in Nebraska.
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