Cayle

Boy · recorded 1972–2016

  • 2016last recorded
  • 1990best year

Most popular in 1990.

Last recorded in 2016. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Cayle.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1972

03619721983199420052016

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 32 recorded years as a table
Cayle, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19724
19744
19754
19775
19783
19803
19813
19843
19853
19864
19875
19884
19906
19936
19943
19953
19974
19983
19993
20013
20024
20034
20044
20065
20075
20085
20096
20106
20116
20123
20135
20163

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Cayle isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2016
5
Rank in 2016
#12,185
How rare
1 in 379,547 boys
Since 1972
250

Cayle was last recorded in 2016. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1990, at 6 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Cayle doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.