Boys' name · peaked in 1931
Doyle name popularity since 1925
25,975 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Doyle (0.7% girls, 99.3% boys). Half of them were born in 1947 or earlier, so the typical Doyle is about 79 years old in 2026. Doyle peaked in 1931 as the #195 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 25,975
- Named Doyle, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1931
- #195 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #7,815 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.3% boys
- 169 girls · 25,806 boys
- Most popular in
- Arkansas
- 7.93× its national share
Peak year is the year Doyle made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Doyle births per year, 1925–2025
1931 was the biggest year for Doyle both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1968 and 1973, Doyle's share of baby boys fell by 42%, from 1 in 6,100 to 1 in 10,500.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Doyle's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Doyle.
Decade by decade
Babies named Doyle in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 29 | 2,702 | – |
| 1930s | 71 | 6,021 | #199 |
| 1940s | 30 | 5,529 | #283 |
| 1950s | 33 | 5,079 | #314 |
| 1960s | 6 | 3,465 | #437 |
| 1970s | 0 | 1,462 | #749 |
| 1980s | 0 | 670 | #1,232 |
| 1990s | 0 | 412 | #1,960 |
| 2000s | 0 | 273 | #3,034 |
| 2010s | 0 | 130 | #6,783 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 63 | #7,815 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
40.5% of babies named Doyle from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Doyle is most popular
The index compares Doyle's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Doyle.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 7.93× | 1,884 |
| Oklahoma | 6.38× | 1,921 |
| Tennessee | 3.27× | 1,593 |
| Missouri | 2.28× | 1,146 |
| Alabama | 2.19× | 897 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Doyle's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Doyle.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Doyle (1931).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data