girls:
4k births since 1955
#2727 (52nd percentile)
boys:
626 births since 1948
#3960 (14th percentile)
overall:
4.6k births since 1948
#4011 (48th percentile)
The name Kayle is the #4,011 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,635 recorded births since 1948. This represents the 48.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 48.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,727 (52.3% percentile) for all time with 4,009 births since 1955. For boys, it ranks #3,960 (13.6% percentile) for all time with 626 births since 1948.
Kayle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1948 (1948 for boys and 1955 for girls). Birth data for Kayle is available in 63 out of the 76 years between 1948 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kayle has been given predominantly to girls, with 86.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Kayle were girls. Interestingly, until around 1955, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1948 to 1954), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (86.7% girls from 1955 to 2023).
For girls, Kayle reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 20.5% percentile (ranked #713) with 95 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 95 births per million (ranked 20.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2001, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kayle ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 9.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kayle reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #745) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 13 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2014.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kayle".
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