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Nyle

#3,025 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Nyle has been given to 2,217 babies in the U.S. since 1914. In 2025 it ranked #3,025 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 96 recorded.

Babies named Nyle, 2025

1 in 80,900

Nyle over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nyle: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nyle means

Nyle is a given name.

The naming story behind Nyle

Wikidata records Nyle as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q64995534, 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, 2,173 boys were recorded with the name Nyle between 1914 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 96 in 2016; its best national rank was #1,444 in 1935.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,013 in 2020 to #3,025 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,591 in 2015 to #3,025 in 2025.

In the United States, 44 girls were recorded with the name Nyle between 1928 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2022; its best national rank was #4,577 in 1928.

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 Nyle?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 80,900
41 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 41,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,025
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
56,047 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Nyle sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 56,047 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nyle. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nyles were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nyle was born before 2003 — so the typical Nyle is around 22 today.

Median birth year
2003
About 22 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
25.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
52.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,731
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Choose a decade

2010s — 25.1% of all recorded uses (546).

Is Nyle 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
−369
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,012
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−434
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.85×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
42.7%
Peak was 2016 (96)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,444
1935

Spellings of Nyle

Nyle is not the most common spelling — Tyler is, with 31.8% against Nyle's 0.11%.

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 Nyle is used

Across 2016–2025, Nyle was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 31,128 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

14 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 25,000
  2. 2Illinois1 in 25,000
  3. 3Maryland1 in 25,000
  4. 4New York1 in 25,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 25,000
  6. 6Virginia1 in 33,333
  7. 7Georgia1 in 50,000
  8. 8Missouri1 in 50,000

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.

Nyle around the world

Where Nyle 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
    1996–2025
    #2,269
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2018–2022
    #703
    in 2022
  • France
    2008–2016
    #4,931
    in 2016
  • Canada
    2006–2024
    #1,459
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2009–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS 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 Nyle

People whose public names include Nyle, 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.

Nyle by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,025
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,012
Best rank ever
#1,444
1935
Peak year
2016
96 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,173
Count in 2025
41

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,577
1928
Peak year
2022
8 that year
First recorded
1928
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
44
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Nyle

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

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Names with a curve like Nyle

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

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Sibling names for Nyle

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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