Nyle Boy
How popular is Nyle?
#2,990 boy name in 2025
41 baby boys were named Nyle in the US in 2025, making it the 2990th most popular boy name.
Nyle popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,990 for boys (▼ 353 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 41 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-15% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,564 in 2015, #1,996 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (96 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,422 in 1935 |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nyle counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nile family of names ranked #1,249 for boys in 2025 (#1,250 the year before), with 127 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nile | 86 | 68% |
| Nyle | 41 | 32% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Nyle is most popular
Babies named Nyle per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- Maryland: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Missouri: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (30 boys)
Nyle by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 49 | #2,542 |
| 1920s | 134 | #1,569 |
| 1930s | 150 | #1,422 |
| 1940s | 109 | #1,851 |
| 1950s | 128 | #1,973 |
| 1960s | 65 | #2,408 |
| 1970s | 62 | #3,342 |
| 1980s | 104 | #2,896 |
| 1990s | 203 | #2,918 |
| 2000s | 265 | #2,880 |
| 2010s | 546 | #1,655 |
| 2020s | 358 | #1,942 |
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Questions
- Is Nyle a boy or girl name?
- Nyle is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Nyle were boys.
- How popular is the name Nyle?
- 41 baby boys were named Nyle in the US in 2025, making it the 2990th most popular boy name.
- When was Nyle most popular?
- Nyle peaked in 2016, when 96 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,422 in 1935.
- How many people are named Nyle?
- 2,217 babies have been named Nyle in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,772 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Nyle most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nyle was most common in Illinois, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.