Boy
Kyle
As a boy's name, Kyle traces back to Scottish, where it is understood to mean "Narrow strait". It has cooled since its 1990s peak, though it is still chosen today. As things stand now, it is widely recognized. In total, about 486,330 American babies have carried this name since 1900.
ScottishNarrow strait
ScottishChannel
Births by decade
1900s
79
1910s
454
1920s
814
1930s
912
1940s
1,267
1950s
7,471
1960s
17,748
1970s
33,641
1980s
144,355
1990s
181,574
2000s
76,611
2010s
21,404
Peaked in the 1990s · 486,330 total U.S. births since 1900