Skai

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Peak · girls
#2,071
2021 · 92 births
Debut · girls
1993
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,054
since 1993

Skai over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1990200020102020peak #2,071, 2021peak #7,089, 2021girlsboys
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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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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,60766#9,7147
2024#2,50871#8,9878
2023#2,21085#8,9218
2022#2,19386#10,8636
2021#2,07192#7,08911
2020#2,68262#8,0679
2019#2,72962#12,1455
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2017#2,77961#8,8408
2016#2,41277#10,7446
2015#3,00157—
2014#3,92538#10,7176
2013#3,12352—
2012#3,91539—
2011#8,61413—
2010#12,2768—
2009#10,67910—
2008#8,96513—
2007#7,39417—
2006#8,23714#12,0555
2005#9,45211—
2004#9,89210—
2003#9,67110#10,8945
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First appearance
1993

The first year at least five girls were named Skai! It came in at #11,780, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1994, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Skai is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,213 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,458 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Skai, so not publishedHITexas: #2,210 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 17,838 girlsTXFlorida: #2,151 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 17,352 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Georgia#1,213 · 1 in 6,458
  2. Florida#2,151 · 1 in 17,352
  3. Texas#2,210 · 1 in 17,838

Best ever in a state: #556 in Louisiana, 2022.

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Georgia#1,21371 in 6,458
Florida#2,15151 in 17,352
Texas#2,21091 in 17,838
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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See more about Skai
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 99 spots since 2024 (#2,508 → #2,607)
  • 75 spots since 2020 (#2,682 → #2,607)
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1993
  • Peaked 2021 at #2,071 (92 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,835
  • Highest: 1 in 17,835 girls born in 2021 were named Skai (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 24,353 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 44.2% of all girls named Skai (466) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s24#11,780 (1993)#12,080
2000s102#7,394 (2007)#9,494
2010s466#2,412 (2016)#4,562
2020s462#2,071 (2021)#2,379

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.

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