Given name & surname
Kayle
“a mighty warrior”
Kayle is a variant of Kaelan. One interpretation is “a mighty warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kayle is a variant of Kaelan. One interpretation is “a mighty warrior.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kayle through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,654
- 626 boys · 4,028 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 206 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #8,101 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −52%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 0% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,101 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 51.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 190 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,809 as a first name in 2020; 104 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kayle’s family of names
Kayle has a related form in Kaila. Kayle has a related form in Kaelan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kayle
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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>99% girls
Kayleigh
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>99% girls
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“a curly-haired man”
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