Kayle
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAYL
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Kayle is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
Where does Kayle come from?
Modern: modern name, perhaps a variant of Kyle or a short form of Kayla
Is Kayle a girl's or a boy's name?
Kayle is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kayle in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 6 boys.
Kayle in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Kayle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Kayle, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 190 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
Half of all the girls named Kayle in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 58% of the babies named Kayle in the US in 1983, and 86% in 2014.
Kayle in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2016 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2015 | 45 | #3,478 |
| 2014 | 68 | #2,580 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,725 |
| 2012 | 100 | #1,955 |
| 2011 | 106 | #1,886 |
| 2010 | 115 | #1,783 |
| 2009 | 134 | #1,660 |
| 2008 | 132 | #1,685 |
| 2007 | 135 | #1,645 |
| 2006 | 140 | #1,552 |
| 2005 | 144 | #1,466 |
| 2004 | 153 | #1,368 |
| 2003 | 148 | #1,364 |
| 2002 | 139 | #1,385 |
| 2001 | 145 | #1,321 |
| 2000 | 190 | #1,086 |
| 1999 | 179 | #1,106 |
| 1998 | 171 | #1,122 |
| 1997 | 146 | #1,223 |
| 1996 | 124 | #1,356 |
| 1995 | 127 | #1,303 |
| 1994 | 126 | #1,334 |
| 1993 | 115 | #1,407 |
| 1992 | 132 | #1,287 |
| 1991 | 113 | #1,416 |
| 1990 | 125 | #1,296 |
| 1989 | 101 | #1,451 |
| 1988 | 75 | #1,702 |
| 1987 | 69 | #1,732 |
| 1986 | 51 | #2,078 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,245 |
| 1984 | 50 | #2,017 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
Names like Kayle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kyle Cole Kane Kai Blake Kayden Luke Cody Dylan Kody Ryan Jake
Names related to Kayle
Kal Kal-El Kalel Kaleo Kalle Kaylee Kylie Kayla Kylee Kaylie Kalea Kaley Kayley
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Kayle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kayle, updated 20 October 2026.