Kile
Boy · KYLE · Scottish
Kile is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “narrow strait”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kile mean?
Scottish: variant spelling of Kyle, from Scottish Gaelic caol
“narrow strait”
Variant of Kyle, from Scottish Gaelic caol meaning a narrow strait; Kyle is also a district of Ayrshire.
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Is Kile a girl's or a boy's name?
Kile is a boys' name.
How popular is Kile in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 7 boys.
Kile in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Kile in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 1920.
Half of all the boys named Kile in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kile in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,843 |
| 2002 | 40 | #2,466 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 40 | #2,375 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,708 |
| 1997 | 39 | #2,198 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,042 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1994 | 37 | #2,176 |
| 1993 | 32 | #2,341 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 39 | #1,946 |
| 1990 | 33 | #2,165 |
| 1989 | 34 | #2,062 |
| 1988 | 28 | #2,192 |
| 1987 | 34 | #1,861 |
| 1986 | 25 | #2,224 |
| 1985 | 25 | #2,170 |
| 1984 | 27 | #1,978 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,207 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,243 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
Names like Kile
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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