Kay
#3,903 for girls in 2025, 37 births · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to girls 96.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1941 · 3,538 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 98,621since 1885
Kay over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,903 | 37 | #7,679 | 10 |
| 2024 | #3,892 | 38 | #6,199 | 14 |
| 2023 | #3,329 | 48 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | #3,365 | 47 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #3,614 | 42 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #3,546 | 42 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #3,552 | 43 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #2,711 | 63 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #3,145 | 51 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #3,379 | 47 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #3,595 | 43 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #2,843 | 60 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #3,166 | 51 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,169 | 52 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,407 | 47 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,409 | 47 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,800 | 41 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,529 | 46 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,750 | 66 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,778 | 63 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,731 | 61 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #2,503 | 67 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #2,465 | 66 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #2,126 | 79 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,236 | 72 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,158 | 74 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,258 | 66 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,083 | 70 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #1,945 | 74 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,058 | 67 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #1,761 | 82 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #1,688 | 88 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #1,554 | 100 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #1,507 | 104 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #1,502 | 104 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #1,385 | 114 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #1,326 | 117 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #1,104 | 141 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #1,216 | 118 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #1,122 | 129 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #1,060 | 139 | — | |
| 1984 | #979 | 147 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #973 | 150 | — | |
| 1982 | #981 | 151 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #912 | 164 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #966 | 153 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #942 | 156 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #913 | 155 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #774 | 195 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #755 | 191 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #717 | 206 | — | |
| 1974 | #639 | 239 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #581 | 272 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #619 | 251 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #503 | 376 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #455 | 476 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #432 | 498 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #353 | 637 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #327 | 711 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #295 | 856 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #270 | 1,021 | #1,918 | 17 |
| 1964 | #243 | 1,301 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #212 | 1,608 | #2,115 | 15 |
| 1962 | #197 | 1,878 | #1,805 | 20 |
| 1961 | #192 | 1,955 | #1,570 | 26 |
| 1960 | #192 | 1,925 | #1,486 | 29 |
| 1959 | #182 | 2,004 | #1,559 | 26 |
| 1958 | #169 | 2,238 | #1,557 | 25 |
| 1957 | #163 | 2,355 | #1,278 | 37 |
| 1956 | #154 | 2,394 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1955 | #157 | 2,327 | #1,255 | 36 |
| 1954 | #146 | 2,506 | #1,242 | 36 |
| 1953 | #146 | 2,462 | #1,304 | 33 |
| 1952 | #133 | 2,768 | #1,245 | 35 |
| 1951 | #120 | 2,963 | #1,261 | 34 |
| 1950 | #123 | 2,628 | #1,272 | 32 |
| 1949 | #119 | 2,751 | #1,029 | 46 |
| 1948 | #113 | 2,943 | #1,091 | 42 |
| 1947 | #104 | 3,520 | #906 | 59 |
| 1946 | #101 | 3,358 | #1,031 | 44 |
| 1945 | #91 | 3,058 | #884 | 51 |
| 1944 | #88 | 3,170 | #745 | 69 |
| 1943 | #81 | 3,494 | #643 | 98 |
| 1942 | #75 | 3,622 | #652 | 96 |
| 1941 | #70 | 3,538 | #613 | 96 |
| 1940 | #77 | 3,200 | #521 | 124 |
| 1939 | #76 | 3,260 | #511 | 123 |
| 1938 | #81 | 3,114 | #532 | 120 |
| 1937 | #79 | 3,010 | #506 | 129 |
| 1936 | #98 | 2,408 | #482 | 137 |
| 1935 | #134 | 1,648 | #464 | 150 |
| 1934 | #143 | 1,430 | #447 | 159 |
| 1933 | #200 | 864 | #483 | 135 |
| 1932 | #238 | 658 | #521 | 124 |
| 1931 | #259 | 558 | #518 | 124 |
| 1930 | #358 | 351 | #584 | 105 |
| 1929 | #447 | 218 | #689 | 80 |
| 1928 | #462 | 223 | #690 | 84 |
| 1927 | #419 | 267 | #619 | 102 |
| 1926 | #457 | 224 | #726 | 77 |
| 1925 | #439 | 248 | #809 | 67 |
| 1924 | #395 | 302 | #759 | 77 |
| 1923 | #396 | 285 | #701 | 85 |
| 1922 | #390 | 281 | #863 | 63 |
| 1921 | #383 | 304 | #901 | 60 |
| 1920 | #370 | 313 | #835 | 65 |
| 1919 | #354 | 330 | #1,082 | 40 |
| 1918 | #368 | 311 | #869 | 58 |
| 1917 | #376 | 283 | #1,033 | 40 |
| 1916 | #380 | 272 | #939 | 46 |
| 1915 | #386 | 243 | #1,159 | 31 |
| 1914 | #361 | 215 | #1,153 | 25 |
| 1913 | #381 | 159 | #1,146 | 20 |
| 1912 | #384 | 143 | #1,137 | 17 |
| 1911 | #382 | 111 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | #381 | 106 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #401 | 83 | — | |
| 1908 | #417 | 75 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #489 | 53 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #541 | 42 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #485 | 49 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #529 | 39 | — | |
| 1903 | #527 | 37 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #648 | 26 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #684 | 22 | — | |
| 1900 | #705 | 26 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | #644 | 23 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #920 | 14 | — | |
| 1897 | #826 | 15 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #903 | 13 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,053 | 10 | — | |
| 1894 | #812 | 14 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | #739 | 16 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 | — | |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | — | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Kay! It came in at #921, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1892, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Kay is popular in 1907
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Kay
- 11 spots since 2024 (#3,892 → #3,903)
- 357 spots since 2020 (#3,546 → #3,903)
- 308 spots since 2015 (#3,595 → #3,903)
- Biggest jump: 432 spots in 1893 (#1,171 → #739)
- Biggest drop: 241 spots in 1895 (#812 → #1,053)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1941 at #70 (3,538 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1936–1945
- Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1896–1984
- Highest: 1 in 336 girls born in 1939 were named Kay (0.30%)
- Latest: 1 in 43,440 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #70 in 1941, was only 1 in 341 (0.29%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 33.1% of all girls named Kay (32,654) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 31 | #921 (1885) | #1,022 |
| 1890s | 122 | #644 (1899) | #974 |
| 1900s | 452 | #401 (1909) | #543 |
| 1910s | 2,173 | #354 (1919) | #375 |
| 1920s | 2,665 | #370 (1920) | #416 |
| 1930s | 17,301 | #76 (1939) | #167 |
| 1940s | 32,654 | #70 (1941) | #92 |
| 1950s | 24,645 | #120 (1951) | #149 |
| 1960s | 12,390 | #192 (1961) | #271 |
| 1970s | 2,517 | #455 (1970) | #690 |
| 1980s | 1,409 | #912 (1981) | #1,064 |
| 1990s | 869 | #1,385 (1990) | #1,774 |
| 2000s | 635 | #2,126 (2002) | #2,708 |
| 2010s | 504 | #2,711 (2018) | #3,238 |
| 2020s | 254 | #3,329 (2023) | #3,608 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kay in 1907
Top girls' names in 1907
Top boys' names in 1907
More about 1907
girls
318,564 girls got a published name in 1907; 1 in 6,011 of them was named Kay, which outranked 79.6% of the 2,399 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
146,826 boys got a published name in 1907; 1 in 24,471 of them was named Kay, which outranked 22.5% of the 1,549 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).