Doyle
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
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
By decade
| Decade | boys named Doyle | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 9 | |
| 1890s | 87 | |
| 1900s | 216 | |
| 1910s | 2,054 | |
| 1920s | 4,930 | |
| 1930s | 6,021 | |
| 1940s | 5,529 | |
| 1950s | 5,079 | |
| 1960s | 3,465 | |
| 1970s | 1,462 | |
| 1980s | 670 | |
| 1990s | 412 | |
| 2000s | 273 | |
| 2010s | 130 | |
| 2020s | 53 |
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.
- Rayfordpeak 1937
- Marvinpeak 1928
- Lowellpeak 1931
- Donaldpeak 1934
- Darlpeak 1928
- Glynpeak 1934
- Farrellpeak 1935
- Cleophuspeak 1947
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.