Kaye

#6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births · Last seen for boys in 1957 at #3,993
Given to girls 96.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1943 · 475 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,204
since 1901

Kaye over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kaye has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201901peak #322, 1943girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,32518—
2024#8,94611—
2023#12,1977—
2022#7,28115—
2021#8,02413—
2020#9,54610—
2019#8,13813—
2018#9,80610—
2017#11,6158—
2016#11,7818—
2015#7,26616—
2014#10,12910—
2013#10,23510—
2012#10,42910—
2011#16,7645—
2010#9,79011—
2009#13,7047—
2008#8,52914—
2007#11,6309—
2006#8,71513—
2005#7,89114—
2004#7,07716—
2003#7,58014—
2002#6,69816—
2001#7,72413—
2000#5,15122—
1999#6,83614—
1998#6,71914—
1997#4,12526—
1996#5,77116—
1995#5,43917—
1994#5,01619—
1993#3,58530—
1992#5,26718—
1991#4,05925—
1990#3,52330—
1989#3,40230—
1988#2,48943—
1987#3,16929—
1986#2,97331—
1985#3,08429—
1984#3,14427—
1983#2,27242—
1982#2,22045—
1981#2,19546—
1980#2,01452—
1979#2,67133—
1978#2,26940—
1977#2,60632—
1976#2,21038—
1975#2,16939—
1974#2,13338—
1973#1,73251—
1972#1,56559—
1971#1,40575—
1970#1,23890—
1969#932130—
1968#950119—
1967#876135—
1966#929118—
1965#759170—
1964#703217—
1963#660235—
1962#599278—
1961#561315—
1960#578291—
1959#613262—
1958#529332—
1957#515342#3,9935
1956#500350—
1955#487347—
1954#447388#3,8275
1953#455361#2,9058
1952#444374—
1951#406417#2,6629
1950#418364#3,3296
1949#406387—
1948#384428#3,6685
1947#344538#2,6719
1946#342479#2,27111
1945#323443#2,00912
1944#323443#2,30910
1943#322475#2,40510
1942#351397—
1941#335389#2,6568
1940#340355#1,80215
1939#362323#1,63617
1938#411267#1,74116
1937#416241#1,82815
1936#467189#1,24328
1935#597119#1,14833
1934#67199#97043
1933#82066#1,09436
1932#95355#80263
1931#99549#93948
1930#1,28934#1,33029
1929#2,19115#2,19913
1928#1,63725#3,0768
1927#1,66925#2,40812
1926#1,22040#3,7086
1925#1,34735#4,1975
1924#1,61228—
1923#1,30536—
1922#1,50830#2,63011
1921#1,37434—
1920#1,66625#3,4897
1919#1,32534—
1918#1,75422—
1917#1,92318—
1916#1,40827—
1915#1,96416—
1914#1,74015—
1913#1,40517—
1912#1,17820—
1911#2,1916—
1910#2,1406—
1909#1,9576—
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First appearance
1901

The first year at least five girls were named Kaye! It came in at #1,466, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1902, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Kaye is popular in 1901

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Kaye
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 2,621 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #6,325)
  • 3,221 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #6,325)
  • 941 spots since 2015 (#7,266 → #6,325)
  • Biggest jump: 294 spots in 1931 (#1,289 → #995)
  • Biggest drop: 306 spots in 1970 (#932 → #1,238)
Rise & fade · girls
42 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1901
  • Peaked 1943 at #322 (475 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 39 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1931–1969
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,937
  • Highest: 1 in 2,937 girls born in 1943 were named Kaye (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 89,293 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 32.8% of all girls named Kaye (4,334) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s18#1,466 (1901)#1,672
1910s181#1,178 (1912)#1,703
1920s293#1,220 (1926)#1,553
1930s1,442#362 (1939)#698
1940s4,334#322 (1943)#347
1950s3,537#406 (1951)#481
1960s2,008#561 (1961)#755
1970s495#1,238 (1970)#2,000
1980s374#2,014 (1980)#2,696
1990s209#3,523 (1990)#5,034
2000s138#5,151 (2000)#8,470
2010s101#7,266 (2015)#10,595
2020s74#6,325 (2025)#8,720

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.

Kaye in 1901

girls
#1,466
6 births · 1 in 39,891 girls

Top girls' names in 1901

  1. #1Mary13,136
  2. #2Helen5,247
  3. #3Anna4,923
  4. #4Margaret4,424
  5. #5Ruth3,974
  6. #6Elizabeth3,216
  7. #7Marie3,157
  8. #8Florence3,131
  9. #9Ethel3,067
  10. #10Lillian2,681
  11. #1,466Kaye6
More about 1901

girls

239,345 girls got a published name in 1901; 1 in 39,891 of them was named Kaye, which outranked 24.5% of the 1,943 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaye
  1. #1,339Willye7
  2. #1,339Wylma7
  3. #1,339Wynona7
  4. #1,466Kaye6
  5. #1,466Abby6
  6. #1,466Agustina6
  7. #1,466Albie6
  8. #1,679Adra5
  9. #1,679Aili5
  10. #1,679Aldea5

Tied with 212 names at #1,466; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1900
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,051Dellie#1,932 → #881
  2. ↑ 971Oneta#1,932 → #961
  3. ↑ 805Trula#1,723 → #918
  4. ↑ 762Dannie#1,723 → #961
  5. ↑ 704Thea#1,561 → #857
Fallers
  1. ↓ 846Leonore#833 → #1,679
  2. ↓ 709Syble#970 → #1,679
  3. ↓ 663Dellar#803 → #1,466
  4. ↓ 634Portia#705 → #1,339
  5. ↓ 633Dana#833 → #1,466

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1901 →