How rare is the last name Lyle?

12,364 people in the United States have the last name Lyle, about 1 in 24,175. It ranks #2,836 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LYLE

#2,836

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,364
About
1 in 24,175
This common or more
51.9%
Who bears it

Of the 12,364 people with the last name Lyle, 79.5% reported their origin as White, 11.5% as Black and 4.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Also a first name

As a first name, Lyle ranks #1,285 of 53,615, with 28,748 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1926, with 1,073 births. See Lyle as a first name

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