Kaye

Where Kaye comes from

The dictionaries list Kaye as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1901
    First appearance
    #1,466 among girls, 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 it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1943
    Peak, #322
    475 babies named Kaye — more than any year before or since.
  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.