The name Doyle is of Irish origin, and means black stranger.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Doyle has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Doyle
Use of the Name Doyle for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
28,968
7,570
172
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Doyle has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Doyle first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1889, which is the first year shown on the table.
Doyle last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1981, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Doyle
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1889
687
9
1890
1891
791
7
1892
988
6
1893
1894
805
8
1895
903
7
1896
841
8
1897
524
15
1898
586
14
1899
589
12
1900
653
15
1901
691
10
1902
405
25
1903
555
16
1904
652
13
1905
497
21
1906
466
23
1907
365
37
1908
440
30
1909
518
25
1910
423
41
1911
396
52
1912
355
115
1913
349
140
1914
326
197
1915
322
264
1916
309
283
1917
288
326
1918
315
321
1919
311
317
1920
279
395
1921
261
462
1922
270
443
1923
263
456
1924
261
473
1925
253
502
1926
249
497
1927
231
570
1928
229
573
1929
227
558
1930
214
600
1931
195
668
1932
213
574
1933
196
608
1934
204
604
1935
199
631
1936
204
591
1937
207
576
1938
208
588
1939
215
567
1940
207
622
1941
224
574
1942
238
565
1943
267
513
1944
250
532
1945
282
457
1946
287
502
1947
271
622
1948
299
530
1949
275
590
1950
298
519
1951
303
520
1952
297
561
1953
320
483
1954
315
515
1955
313
544
1956
324
523
1957
338
504
1958
360
454
1959
373
445
1960
391
405
1961
404
380
1962
386
431
1963
421
363
1964
415
377
1965
436
312
1966
396
360
1967
451
280
1968
453
285
1969
460
275
1970
529
232
1971
551
213
1972
620
161
1973
658
147
1974
627
164
1975
749
123
1976
757
119
1977
827
105
1978
868
98
1979
884
98
1980
974
85
1981
964
87
Totals:
28,968
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Doyle as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Doyle appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 91 times during the last 125 years.