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Baby name
Lyle
Boy
Origin of the name
Lyle was first a surname of Norman origin, from a Norman French phrase meaning “of the island.”
Classic name
59,190births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 146rank at its peak, in 1922
Where babies named Lyle are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Lyle is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Lyle is most common in South Dakota (10.5 times), North Dakota (9.4) and Nebraska (6.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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