Sky
#948 for girls in 2025, 272 births · #1,654 for boys in 2025, 101 births
Given to girls 69.9% of the time
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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 1992
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Carolina#896 · 1 in 7,967
- Florida#1,134 · 1 in 10,725
- Texas#1,292 · 1 in 12,507
- New York#1,539 · 1 in 16,587
- California#1,694 · 1 in 19,754
Best ever in a state: #165 in Hawaii, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #896 | 5 | 1 in 7,967 |
| Florida | #1,134 | 7 | 1 in 10,725 |
| Texas | #1,292 | 11 | 1 in 12,507 |
| New York | #1,539 | 7 | 1 in 16,587 |
| California | #1,694 | 13 | 1 in 19,754 |
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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
- 122 spots since 2024 (#826 → #948)
- 145 spots since 2020 (#803 → #948)
- 177 spots since 2015 (#771 → #948)
- Biggest jump: 147 spots in 2014 (#872 → #725)
- Biggest drop: 146 spots in 2004 (#884 → #1,030)
- Debuted 1958
- Peaked 2021 at #710 (405 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 2010–2025
- 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%)
- 33.2% of all girls named Sky (3,232) were born in this decade
- 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.
Sky in 1992
Top girls' names in 1992
Top boys' names in 1992
More about 1992
girls
1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 20,488 of them was named Sky, which outranked 89.3% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,661Kirsty91
- #1,661Lorin91
- #1,661Penny91
- #1,673Sky90
- #1,673Adina90
- #1,673Alannah90
- #1,673Aleesha90
- #1,688Andreina89
- #1,688Brigid89
- #1,688Celena89
Tied with 14 names at #1,673; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 39,948 of them was named Sky, which outranked 82.7% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,677Terran51
- #1,677Trenten51
- #1,677Wiley51
- #1,697Sky50
- #1,697Christina50
- #1,697Corry50
- #1,697Cortney50
- #1,731Blade49
- #1,731Damonte49
- #1,731Daylon49
Tied with 33 names at #1,697; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.