Doyle
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DOYL
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Doyle is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “dark foreigner”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Doyle mean?
Irish: Irish surname from Ó Dubhghaill
“dark foreigner”
Dubhghall, 'dark foreigner', was an Irish term for Viking settlers; Arthur Conan Doyle is a famous bearer of the surname.
Is Doyle a girl's or a boy's name?
Doyle is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Doyle in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Doyle in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Doyle in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Doyle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Doyle, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1931, with 667 boys. It first appears in the records in 1889.
Half of all the boys named Doyle in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.
Doyle in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,589 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,304 |
| 2005 | 34 | #3,018 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,604 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,447 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,746 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 43 | #1,950 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,036 |
| 1993 | 44 | #1,870 |
| 1992 | 57 | #1,541 |
| 1991 | 44 | #1,792 |
| 1990 | 59 | #1,459 |
| 1989 | 61 | #1,393 |
| 1988 | 60 | #1,325 |
| 1987 | 52 | #1,398 |
| 1986 | 55 | #1,319 |
| 1985 | 60 | #1,227 |
| 1984 | 67 | #1,095 |
| 1983 | 65 | #1,107 |
| 1982 | 78 | #1,023 |
| 1981 | 87 | #964 |
| 1980 | 85 | #974 |
| 1979 | 98 | #882 |
| 1978 | 99 | #865 |
| 1977 | 105 | #830 |
| 1976 | 118 | #763 |
| 1975 | 124 | #749 |
| 1974 | 163 | #628 |
| 1973 | 148 | #655 |
| 1972 | 160 | #621 |
| 1971 | 213 | #552 |
| 1970 | 234 | #529 |
| 1969 | 273 | #463 |
| 1968 | 285 | #453 |
| 1967 | 280 | #450 |
| 1966 | 358 | #396 |
| 1965 | 312 | #437 |
| 1964 | 378 | #414 |
| 1963 | 363 | #421 |
| 1962 | 427 | #391 |
| 1961 | 385 | #403 |
| 1960 | 404 | #393 |
| 1959 | 446 | #374 |
| 1958 | 458 | #359 |
| 1957 | 499 | #338 |
| 1956 | 526 | #324 |
| 1955 | 545 | #314 |
| 1954 | 515 | #314 |
| 1953 | 487 | #318 |
| 1952 | 563 | #295 |
| 1951 | 519 | #304 |
| 1950 | 521 | #298 |
| 1949 | 595 | #273 |
| 1948 | 532 | #300 |
| 1947 | 620 | #272 |
| 1946 | 509 | #286 |
| 1945 | 456 | #283 |
| 1944 | 530 | #252 |
| 1943 | 521 | #266 |
| 1942 | 568 | #238 |
| 1941 | 577 | #222 |
| 1940 | 621 | #207 |
| 1939 | 569 | #214 |
| 1938 | 585 | #208 |
| 1937 | 576 | #207 |
| 1936 | 597 | #203 |
| 1935 | 629 | #199 |
| 1934 | 608 | #203 |
| 1933 | 611 | #196 |
| 1932 | 578 | #214 |
| 1931 | 667 | #195 |
| 1930 | 601 | #214 |
| 1929 | 559 | #227 |
| 1928 | 578 | #228 |
| 1927 | 569 | #232 |
| 1926 | 496 | #250 |
| 1925 | 500 | #254 |
| 1924 | 468 | #262 |
| 1923 | 459 | #263 |
| 1922 | 442 | #269 |
| 1921 | 464 | #260 |
| 1920 | 395 | #280 |
| 1919 | 315 | #312 |
| 1918 | 321 | #313 |
| 1917 | 327 | #288 |
| 1916 | 282 | #309 |
| 1915 | 264 | #323 |
| 1914 | 198 | #325 |
| 1913 | 139 | #351 |
| 1912 | 115 | #357 |
| 1911 | 52 | #395 |
| 1910 | 41 | #421 |
| 1909 | 25 | #519 |
| 1908 | 30 | #438 |
| 1907 | 38 | #359 |
| 1906 | 23 | #465 |
| 1905 | 21 | #491 |
| 1904 | 13 | #647 |
| 1903 | 16 | #550 |
| 1902 | 25 | #404 |
| 1901 | 10 | #683 |
| 1900 | 15 | #648 |
| 1899 | 12 | #583 |
| 1898 | 14 | #572 |
| 1897 | 15 | #515 |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 7 | #871 |
| 1894 | 8 | #786 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
| 1891 | 7 | #765 |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 9 | #673 |
Names like Doyle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Doyle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/doyle, updated 20 October 2026.