Kaye

Where Kaye comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Kaye.

  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Kaye through the years
  1. 1901
    First appearance
    #1,466 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1925
    Kaye Ballard born
    American actress, comedian, and singer
  3. 1933
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  4. 1943
    Peak, #322
    475 babies named Kaye, its best rank.
  5. 1951
    Kaye Hall born
    American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, art teacher
  6. 1963
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #660.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name, variant of Kay.
Namesakes
  • Kaye Hall · American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, art teacher, born 1951
  • Kaye Ballard · American actress, comedian, and singer, 1925–2019
  • Kaye Abad · Filipino actress, born 1982
  • Kaye Stevens · American singer and actress, 1932–2011
  • Kaye Styles · Ghanian-Belgian singer, rapper, songwriter and TV personality, born 1981

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.