Holding steady.
Popularity of Lytle since 1884
Babies named Lytle per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1919, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Lytle's real moment was 1884.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 |
| 1890s | 0 |
| 1900s | 0 |
| 1910s | 45 |
| 1920s | 83 |
| 1930s | 44 |
| 1940s | 20 |
| 1950s | 18 |
| 1960s | 0 |
| 1970s | 0 |
| 1980s | 0 |
| 1990s | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 |
| 2010s | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Lytle is an exceedingly rare American given name with roots in the English surname tradition. First recorded in 1884, it achieved its peak rank in that same year (rank 981) and appeared in the top 2000 for only a handful of years in the late 1800s. The name has never been common: fewer than 200 boys have been named Lytle since records began. Its trajectory is stable but near extinction, with virtually no births in recent decades. As a surname-derived name, it fits a pattern of family names used as first names in the 19th century Americas.
Lytle is primarily a transferred use of the English surname, which in turn may derive from Old English hlyt meaning 'slope' or 'hillside', a topographic name for someone living on such a feature. Alternatively, it could be a variant of the more common surname Little, used as a nickname for a small person. As a given name, Lytle is rare; its earliest recorded use in the United States is 1884, and it has never achieved widespread popularity.
Nicknames & variants
Variants: Lytel, Littell
Sibling names for Lytle
Names that share Lytle's style, for a brother or sister.
