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Nyle

Gender
Boy
Say it
NYL
UK rank, 2025
#2,342 for boys
US rank, 2025
#2,990 for boys

Nyle is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 2,990th for boys in the US (41 babies).

Where does Nyle come from?

May be a spelling of Niall or Nile

Is Nyle a girl's or a boy's name?

Nyle is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 41 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Nyle in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,342among boys
Babies in 2025
10about 1 in 30,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 22% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Nyle, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 34 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Nyle than any year since 2004.

Half of all the boys named Nyle in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 30 boys in the UK were given Nyle or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #951, up from #2,342 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 34 in 20052025
Nyle in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202510#2,342
202417#1,585
202311#2,155
202213#1,886
202117#1,547
202014#1,733
201914#1,756
201821#1,327
201716#1,649
201617#1,591
201518#1,476
201419#1,406
201325#1,139
201217#1,542
201116#1,542
201017#1,508
200921#1,254
200817#1,436
200717#1,399
200619#1,207
200534#796
200410#1,688
200315#1,205
200213#1,252
200119#949
200021#862
199926#717
199815#1,016
199716#973
199626#662

How popular is Nyle in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,990among boys
Babies in 2025
41about 1 in 42,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 24% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 41 boys in the US were named Nyle, making it the 2,990th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,996th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 96 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Nyle than any year since 2011.

Half of all the boys named Nyle in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 127 boys in the US were given Nyle or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,295, up from #2,990 for this spelling alone.

1914Busiest: 96 in 20162025
Nyle in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202541#2,990
202450#2,637
202358#2,361
202261#2,324
202177#1,942
202071#1,996
201958#2,338
201866#2,121
201767#2,065
201696#1,655
201548#2,564
201449#2,514
201344#2,666
201254#2,357
201132#3,363
201032#3,376
200933#3,330
200827#3,820
200731#3,442
200639#2,880
200521#4,193
200428#3,364
200318#4,421
200227#3,255
200121#3,837
200020#3,916
199928#2,935
199817#4,015
199724#3,059
199619#3,543
199524#2,918
199419#3,463
199316#3,812
199218#3,452
199120#3,099
199018#3,303
198921#2,896
198816#3,198
19879#4,567
198610#4,126
198510#4,047
19848#4,549
19838#4,497
19827#5,001
19817#4,959
19808#4,493
19795#6,054
19789#3,855
19775#5,843
19767#4,416
19750–
19747#4,188
19738#3,692
19729#3,342
19716#4,373
19706#4,228
19690–
19689#2,906
19677#3,229
19660–
19655#3,928
19647#3,281
19637#3,317
196211#2,502
196112#2,408
19607#3,335
195917#1,973
195814#2,176
195712#2,374
195610#2,626
195514#2,138
195414#2,113
195312#2,286
195212#2,250
195112#2,245
195011#2,320
19498#2,801
194811#2,325
194710#2,497
194612#2,142
194514#1,851
194410#2,308
194315#1,909
19426#3,211
194111#2,207
194012#2,081
193913#1,958
193817#1,689
193714#1,913
193618#1,587
193523#1,422
193411#2,266
193314#1,905
193212#2,191
193112#2,207
193016#1,889
192913#2,198
192823#1,569
192710#2,702
192612#2,435
192510#2,753
192417#1,964
192315#2,122
19227#3,530
192113#2,375
192014#2,230
19197#3,390
191810#2,698
191710#2,561
191610#2,542
19155#3,824
19147#2,650

Names like Nyle

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Luke Jude Jake Cole Blake Nate Rafe Jack Noah Finn Nathan Myles

Other spellings of Nyle

Nile

Names related to Nyle

Nylo Nyel

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, “Nyle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nyle, updated 20 October 2026.