Loyle
Benjamin Gerard Coyle-Larner, known professionally as Loyle Carner, is a British hip-hop musician. He released his debut album, Yesterday's Gone, in 2017, which was nominated for the 2017 Mercury Prize. He released his second album, Not Waving, but Drowning, in April 2019, and his third, hugo, in October 2022. His fourth studio album, Hopefully!, was released in June 2025.
Meaning & Origin of Loyle
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Benjamin Gerard Coyle-Larner, known professionally as Loyle Carner, is a British hip-hop musician. He released his debut album, Yesterday's Gone, in 2017, which was nominated for the 2017 Mercury Prize. He released his second album, Not Waving, but Drowning, in April 2019, and his third, hugo, in October 2022. His fourth studio album, Hopefully!, was released in June 2025.
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The Story of Loyle
Loyle first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1921, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1939: 10 births, good for #2,288 nationwide. About 60% of every Loyle on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Loyle last appeared in the published SSA data in 1939, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 55 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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About the name Loyle
Loyle is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1921 and has accumulated 55 births in the dataset. Loyle's peak popularity came in 1939 when it ranked #2,288. Use the chart and map above to compare Loyle's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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