The City of Kyle in Texas has been trying to break the world record since 2017 Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working in journalism for seven years.

Prepare for a pile of Kyles. Thousands of Kyles will travel for miles to their namesake Texas city this weekend in hopes of ...

but has fallen short the past two years. 2024: 706 people named Kyle got together in Texas. It wasn’t enough for a world record.

Since then, the Texas city has tried to top them. In 2017, more than 100 people showed up for the city’s first attempt, which allowed people with similar first names to Kyle — like Kyle or ...