Kyel
Boy · KYLE · Scottish
Kyel is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “narrow strait”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Kyel mean?
Scottish: spelling of Kyle, from Gaelic caol
“narrow strait”
A spelling of Kyle, from Scottish place names based on Gaelic caol 'narrow', used for a strait or channel.
- Say it
- KYLE
Is Kyel a girl's or a boy's name?
Kyel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kyel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 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, 15 boys in the US were named Kyel, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. It first appears in the records in 1982.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Kyel of any year since it first appeared, in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Kyel in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 618 boys in the US were given Kyel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #490, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
Kyel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
Names like Kyel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Kyel
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