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How popular is the name Lyle?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lyles are alive today.
Lyle (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 953rd in 2025 with 32 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2014, when 47 babies were given the name, the 695th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 2754 in 2005 before climbing back to the 953rd place it holds today.
The Lyle you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old - or else around 29: the name has two living generations. Half of all Lyles born in England and Wales are between 7 and 18, and there are at least 630 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Lyle - on average, only one in every 481 such rooms contains a Lyle.
How many babies are named Lyle each year?
Where does Lyle rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Lyle most popular?
Lyle peaked in 2014, when 47 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Lyle?
At least 630 people named Lyle born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Lyle?
Most living Lyles are between 7 and 18; the most common age is about 11. There is a second cluster around 29.
Is Lyle becoming more or less popular?
Recovering: it has climbed back after a dip in the rankings.