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Doyle

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Doyle is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. Its best rank was 195th, in 1931.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
110.00% of boys
Peak year
1931667 births
Best rank
#195in 1931
Since 1889
30,390people given the name
Babies named Doyle, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

30,390 boys have been named Doyle in the United States since 1889, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1931, with 667 births.

The name has all but left use: 11 births in 2024, against 667 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1943, and the 1930s alone account for 20%. It has spent 91 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Doyle
1880s9
1890s87
1900s216
1910s2,054
1920s4,930
1930s6,021
1940s5,529
1950s5,079
1960s3,465
1970s1,462
1980s670
1990s412
2000s273
2010s130
2020s53

In 1931, its biggest year

Doyle was the 195th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1931 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1931.

Names that rose and fell with Doyle

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.