Cyle
Boy · KYLE · Scottish
Cyle is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “narrow strait”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Cyle mean?
Scottish: respelling of Kyle, a Scottish surname often linked to Gaelic caol
“narrow strait”
A respelling of Kyle, a Scottish surname taken from place names and often linked to Gaelic caol, meaning narrow strait.
- Say it
- KYLE
Is Cyle a girl's or a boy's name?
Cyle is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cyle in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Cyle in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Cyle in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Cyle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Cyle, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 103 boys. It first appears in the records in 1960.
2025 had more boys named Cyle than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Cyle in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 618 boys in the US were given Cyle or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #490, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
Cyle in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 32 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 37 | #2,978 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 37 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 56 | #1,970 |
| 2001 | 37 | #2,557 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,045 |
| 1999 | 63 | #1,668 |
| 1998 | 59 | #1,716 |
| 1997 | 63 | #1,596 |
| 1996 | 60 | #1,613 |
| 1995 | 60 | #1,554 |
| 1994 | 93 | #1,188 |
| 1993 | 90 | #1,175 |
| 1992 | 103 | #1,080 |
| 1991 | 98 | #1,097 |
| 1990 | 103 | #1,038 |
| 1989 | 98 | #1,041 |
| 1988 | 68 | #1,236 |
| 1987 | 65 | #1,193 |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,298 |
| 1985 | 76 | #1,056 |
| 1984 | 34 | #1,689 |
| 1983 | 41 | #1,489 |
| 1982 | 40 | #1,538 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
Names like Cyle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luke Cole Jake Kyle Cameron Adam Blake Chase Nathan Ryan Joshua Cody
Other spellings of Cyle
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