as a First Name
Of Scottish origin but now widely used in the English-speaking world. It is derived from a topographic term denoting a narrow strait or channel and in part is a transferred use of the surname, a local name from the region in Ayrshire so called. As a girl's name it appears to have been largely superseded by Kyla.
| 216th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 284,939
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 463,388
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Kyle per capita
- 1990
- marked the height of its popularity
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99%
0.98%
55+
55+
15%
30-54
30-54
49%
13-29
13-29
34%
0-12
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