Sky
- #948 for girls in 2025, 272 births
- #1,654 for boys in 2025, 101 births
- Given to girls 69.9% of the time
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- Peak · girls
- 2021 · 405 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,743since 1958
Sky over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #948 | 272 | #1,654 | 101 |
| 2024 | #826 | 333 | #1,673 | 100 |
| 2023 | #782 | 360 | #1,640 | 105 |
| 2022 | #736 | 396 | #1,559 | 114 |
| 2021 | #710 | 405 | #1,658 | 100 |
| 2020 | #803 | 337 | #1,655 | 96 |
| 2019 | #810 | 337 | #1,713 | 92 |
| 2018 | #860 | 315 | #1,744 | 88 |
| 2017 | #813 | 335 | #1,717 | 91 |
| 2016 | #776 | 366 | #1,774 | 86 |
| 2015 | #771 | 367 | #1,790 | 84 |
| 2014 | #725 | 386 | #1,375 | 124 |
| 2013 | #872 | 296 | #1,605 | 96 |
| 2012 | #849 | 314 | #1,602 | 97 |
| 2011 | #970 | 264 | #1,835 | 77 |
| 2010 | #998 | 252 | #1,543 | 104 |
| 2009 | #1,027 | 253 | #1,665 | 94 |
| 2008 | #996 | 266 | #1,792 | 83 |
| 2007 | #985 | 272 | #1,721 | 87 |
| 2006 | #1,018 | 251 | #1,654 | 86 |
| 2005 | #945 | 262 | #1,546 | 91 |
| 2004 | #1,030 | 226 | #1,530 | 87 |
| 2003 | #884 | 273 | #1,438 | 91 |
| 2002 | #891 | 252 | #1,505 | 83 |
| 2001 | #970 | 222 | #1,441 | 86 |
| 2000 | #991 | 214 | #1,573 | 75 |
| 1999 | #960 | 215 | #1,489 | 76 |
| 1998 | #1,046 | 188 | #1,622 | 64 |
| 1997 | #1,071 | 177 | #1,386 | 79 |
| 1996 | #1,133 | 160 | #1,278 | 86 |
| 1995 | #1,301 | 128 | #1,369 | 74 |
| 1994 | #1,444 | 110 | #1,362 | 73 |
| 1993 | #1,554 | 100 | #1,472 | 63 |
| 1992 | #1,673 | 90 | #1,697 | 50 |
| 1991 | #1,832 | 77 | #1,652 | 50 |
| 1990 | #1,617 | 92 | #1,530 | 55 |
| 1989 | #1,898 | 69 | #1,537 | 53 |
| 1988 | #1,863 | 66 | #1,501 | 50 |
| 1987 | #1,962 | 57 | #1,534 | 46 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | #1,286 | 57 |
| 1985 | #3,246 | 27 | #1,389 | 49 |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 | #1,365 | 48 |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 | #1,120 | 64 |
| 1982 | #2,959 | 30 | #1,140 | 64 |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 | #1,259 | 53 |
| 1980 | #2,940 | 30 | #1,272 | 53 |
| 1979 | #2,387 | 39 | #1,169 | 60 |
| 1978 | #2,431 | 36 | #1,034 | 71 |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 | #1,158 | 57 |
| 1976 | #3,188 | 22 | #1,373 | 42 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 | #1,065 | 61 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 | #1,198 | 48 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 | #1,782 | 25 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 | #1,603 | 29 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #1,823 | 24 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #2,058 | 19 |
| 1969 | — | #2,682 | 11 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,168 | 14 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,743 | 9 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,143 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1958
The first year at least five girls were named Sky! It came in at #6,103, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1958–1969, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Sky is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Connecticut#459 · 1 in 1,917
- Utah#490 · 1 in 2,135
- Georgia#560 · 1 in 2,379
- Louisiana#597 · 1 in 2,339
- Wisconsin#612 · 1 in 2,894
Best ever in a state: #165 in Hawaii, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | #459 | 6 | 1 in 1,917 |
| Utah | #490 | 8 | 1 in 2,135 |
| Georgia | #560 | 19 | 1 in 2,379 |
| Louisiana | #597 | 7 | 1 in 2,339 |
| Wisconsin | #612 | 7 | 1 in 2,894 |
| Florida | #674 | 25 | 1 in 3,470 |
| California | #700 | 44 | 1 in 3,676 |
| New Jersey | #774 | 9 | 1 in 3,944 |
| New York | #829 | 19 | 1 in 4,123 |
| Illinois | #852 | 10 | 1 in 4,433 |
| Missouri | #926 | 5 | 1 in 4,860 |
| Virginia | #936 | 7 | 1 in 4,820 |
| Ohio | #959 | 9 | 1 in 5,252 |
| North Carolina | #973 | 9 | 1 in 5,165 |
| Tennessee | #983 | 6 | 1 in 5,346 |
| Texas | #1,006 | 28 | 1 in 5,734 |
| Michigan | #1,210 | 5 | 1 in 7,146 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 6 | 1 in 7,781 |
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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.
See more about Sky
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 145 spots since 2020 (#803 → #948)
- Biggest jump: 147 spots in 2014
- Biggest drop: 146 spots in 2004
Rise & fade · girls
63 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1958
- Peaked 2021 at #710 (405 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 2010–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,052
- Highest: 1 in 4,052 girls born in 2021 were named Sky (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,909 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 33.2% of all girls named Sky (3,232) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1987
- Mostly boys until 1986, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #6,103 (1958) | #6,103 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 208 | #2,387 (1979) | #3,988 |
| 1980s | 367 | #1,863 (1988) | #3,008 |
| 1990s | 1,337 | #960 (1999) | #1,363 |
| 2000s | 2,491 | #884 (2003) | #974 |
| 2010s | 3,232 | #725 (2014) | #844 |
| 2020s | 2,103 | #710 (2021) | #801 |
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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