Lyle
- Pronunciation
- [Ly-al]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- From The Island
- Origin
- French
Lyle Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 58,977 baby boys have been named Lyle. The name peaked in 1922 with 1,055 US births that year (rank #146). In 2024, ranked #1018 nationally — 872 places below its 1922 peak.
Top States for Lyle
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Lyle births are: Michigan (4,345), Minnesota (4,323), Iowa (4,179).
Other French-Origin Names Like Lyle
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4-Letter Names Starting with L
Names with Lyle's exact length and starting letter: Lace, Lach, Laci, Laco, Lacy.
Quick Facts About Lyle
US Popularity History (2016–2019)
Annual US births named Lyle by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2019 with 235 boys named Lyle (boy rank #928 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Lyle Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Lyle the strongest states are Wisconsin, Iowa, Oregon.
Strongest boys-name states
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | #966 | 25 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | #876 | 74 |
| 3 | Ohio | #781 | 77 |
| 4 | Washington | #773 | 41 |
| 5 | Michigan | #758 | 70 |
| 6 | Colorado | #752 | 32 |
| 7 | Illinois | #741 | 65 |
| 8 | Minnesota | #710 | 62 |
| 9 | Missouri | #684 | 55 |
| 10 | Indiana | #665 | 83 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Lyle in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Lyle to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Lyle against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).