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 2022
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Florida#430 · 1 in 1,958
- New York#466 · 1 in 2,164
- Virginia#475 · 1 in 2,051
- Nevada#507 · 1 in 1,886
- Oregon#545 · 1 in 2,142
Best ever in a state: #165 in Hawaii, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #430 | 44 | 1 in 1,958 |
| New York | #466 | 37 | 1 in 2,164 |
| Virginia | #475 | 17 | 1 in 2,051 |
| Nevada | #507 | 5 | 1 in 1,886 |
| Oregon | #545 | 6 | 1 in 2,142 |
| California | #593 | 59 | 1 in 2,945 |
| Utah | #605 | 6 | 1 in 2,687 |
| Arizona | #630 | 10 | 1 in 2,825 |
| Louisiana | #639 | 7 | 1 in 2,565 |
| North Carolina | #646 | 15 | 1 in 3,032 |
| New Jersey | #675 | 11 | 1 in 3,339 |
| Washington | #683 | 9 | 1 in 3,193 |
| Maryland | #726 | 7 | 1 in 3,163 |
| Wisconsin | #813 | 5 | 1 in 4,107 |
| Texas | #837 | 37 | 1 in 4,399 |
| Georgia | #852 | 11 | 1 in 4,163 |
| Illinois | #900 | 10 | 1 in 4,670 |
| Pennsylvania | #906 | 10 | 1 in 4,798 |
| Tennessee | #910 | 7 | 1 in 4,508 |
| Ohio | #943 | 9 | 1 in 5,292 |
| Indiana | #1,042 | 5 | 1 in 5,625 |
| Michigan | #1,067 | 6 | 1 in 6,175 |
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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 2022
Top girls' names in 2022
Top boys' names in 2022
More about 2022
girls
1,640,131 girls got a published name in 2022; 1 in 4,142 of them was named Sky, which outranked 95.9% of the 17,760 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 15,316 of them was named Sky, which outranked 89.1% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,551Leeland115
- #1,551Rylee115
- #1,551Sammy115
- #1,559Sky114
- #1,559Artemis114
- #1,559Asiah114
- #1,559Cecil114
- #1,566Akiva113
- #1,566Channing113
- #1,566Destin113
Tied with 6 names at #1,559; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.