first name
LYLE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 28,748 people named Lyle, 88.3% reported their origin as White, 2.8% as two or more races and 2.7% as Black. 98.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lyle peaked in 1926, when 1,073 babies got the name.
At least 60,203 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Lyle by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #353. The largest share of babies named Lyle, 27.3%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Lyle is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lyle has been most common in South Dakota (11×), North Dakota (9.4×), and Nebraska (6.4×), and least common in Alabama (0.04×).
52,676 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Lyle
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lyle, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lyle ranks #2,836 of 156,621, with 12,364 people. See Lyle as a last name
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