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Kayle

#8,099 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Kayle has been given to 4,654 babies in the U.S. since 1955. In 2025 it ranked #8,099 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2000, with 190 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% girls, 13% boys all-time.

Babies named Kayle, 2025

1 in 255,000

Kayle over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Kayle over time

In 2025, Kayle went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19482025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Kayle: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kayle means

Kayle is a given name.

The naming story behind Kayle

Wikidata records Kayle as a given name. The entity identifier is Q85773808, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,028 girls were recorded with the name Kayle between 1955 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 190 in 2000; its best national rank was #1,088 in 2000.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,561 in 2020 to #8,099 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,507 in 2015 to #8,099 in 2025.

In the United States, 626 boys were recorded with the name Kayle between 1948 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 29 in 1990; its best national rank was #2,403 in 1990.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Kayle?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 255,000
13 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 124,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#8,099
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
176,762 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kayle sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kayle. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kayles were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kayle was born before 2000 — so the typical Kayle is around 25 today.

Median birth year
2000
About 25 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
36.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
49.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
4,028
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 36.2% of all recorded uses (1,460).

Is Kayle rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+6,246
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,538
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,592
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.29×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
6.8%
Peak was 2000 (190)
Years since peak
25
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,088
2000

Spellings of Kayle

Kayle is not the most common spelling — Kayla is, with 13.8% against Kayle's 0.16%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kayle is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kayle was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 33,333 girls, against 1 in 67,312 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 33,333
  2. 2Texas1 in 33,333
  3. 3California1 in 50,000
  4. 4Georgia1 in 50,000
  5. 5Michigan1 in 50,000
  6. 6Ohio1 in 50,000
  7. 7Tennessee1 in 50,000
  8. 8Alabama1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kayle has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Kayle is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Kayle was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 3,486,540 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kayle has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kayle around the world

Where Kayle ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2006
    #4,157
    in 2006
  • France
    2019–2019
    #5,733
    in 2019
  • Canada
    1991–2006
    #1,936
    in 2006
  • South Australia
    1994–1994
    #716
    in 1994

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Kayle

People whose public names include Kayle, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Kayle in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Kayle. Linked forms have their own page here.

KyleKayleeKayley

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Kayle by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#8,099
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,538
Best rank ever
#1,088
2000
Peak year
2000
190 that year
First recorded
1955
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,028
Count in 2025
13

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,403
1990
Peak year
1990
29 that year
First recorded
1948
Last recorded
2014
All-time count
626
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kayle

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KayceKayliKaylanKayciKayleaKaylahKaycieKaydeeKaylenKayleiKaydenKayleyKayceeKayraKayaKayleneKaylynKayshaKaytlynKaysiKaysieKayeKayanaKayah

Names with a curve like Kayle

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kayle, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

CailinAlexiAlyssiaYessicaKalynnKeyannaJasmyneKearaMercedezBryanaKierstinKiarra

Sibling names for Kayle

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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