Skye

#529 for girls in 2025, 569 births · #2,332 for boys in 2025, 59 births
Given to girls 89.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
2014 · 887 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
24,262
since 1952

Skye over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #367, 2014peak #1,292, 1996girlsboys
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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#529569#2,33259
2024#479644#2,26163
2023#445687#2,11369
2022#414760#2,21765
2021#428737#2,13467
2020#465664#2,54650
2019#419753#2,33958
2018#414748#2,67446
2017#422752#2,24059
2016#417797#2,01271
2015#384856#2,25359
2014#367887#2,25659
2013#424718#2,29955
2012#446703#2,27057
2011#475624#2,28456
2010#492615#1,76085
2009#490627#1,92574
2008#501623#2,14063
2007#471681#1,97271
2006#431740#2,08263
2005#422734#1,72577
2004#400760#2,41946
2003#414727#1,80066
2002#446648#2,12550
2001#461602#1,93556
2000#480566#1,42986
1999#509507#1,58069
1998#491516#1,48874
1997#454557#1,35082
1996#580396#1,29285
1995#628349#1,33877
1994#682308#1,58158
1993#690313#1,69951
1992#724295#1,64353
1991#702303#1,82343
1990#688308#1,61551
1989#789241#1,76643
1988#784240#1,61844
1987#748240#1,56345
1986#1,203116#1,56542
1985#1,323100#2,22624
1984#1,35588#1,97927
1983#1,194108#1,53439
1982#1,213110#1,41545
1981#1,32894#1,30950
1980#1,260103#1,56938
1979#1,178112#1,31949
1978#1,47377#2,01224
1977#1,31588#1,90426
1976#1,34380#1,87326
1975#1,45970#1,83526
1974#1,41472#2,05021
1973#1,97941#1,69627
1972#1,85645#2,24317
1971#2,21236#4,9075
1970#4,03814#4,7245
1969#5,0579—
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First appearance
1952

The first year at least five girls were named Skye! It came in at #4,908, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1953–1955, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Skye is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedNHWashington: #418 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,578 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedMNIllinois: #773 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,461 girlsILWisconsin: #561 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,743 girlsWIMichigan: #646 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,490 girlsMINew York: #776 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 6,264 girlsNYMassachusetts: #721 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,263 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedIAIndiana: #615 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,975 girlsINOhio: #680 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,380 girlsOHPennsylvania: #641 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,917 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #826 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 6,706 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedCONebraska: #297 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,776 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedMOKentucky: #453 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,577 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedWVVirginia: #618 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,270 girlsVAMaryland: #590 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,603 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedDEArizona: #745 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,160 girlsAZNew Mexico: #338 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,563 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedARTennessee: #595 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,069 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #750 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,642 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #234 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,312 girlsOKLouisiana: #446 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,783 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Skye, so not publishedALGeorgia: #838 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,976 girlsGAHawaii: #226 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 841 girlsHITexas: #741 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 5,684 girlsTXFlorida: #683 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 5,454 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#226 · 1 in 841
  2. Oklahoma#234 · 1 in 1,312
  3. Nebraska#297 · 1 in 1,776
  4. New Mexico#338 · 1 in 1,563
  5. Washington#418 · 1 in 2,578

Best ever in a state: #67 in Hawaii, 2021.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#22661 in 841
Oklahoma#234131 in 1,312
Nebraska#29751 in 1,776
New Mexico#33861 in 1,563
Washington#418121 in 2,578
Louisiana#44691 in 2,783
Kentucky#45361 in 3,577
Wisconsin#56161 in 4,743
Maryland#59061 in 4,603
Tennessee#59561 in 5,069
Indiana#61571 in 4,975
Virginia#61871 in 5,270
Pennsylvania#641121 in 5,917
Michigan#646111 in 5,490
Ohio#680111 in 6,380
Florida#683141 in 5,454
Massachusetts#72151 in 7,263
Texas#741241 in 5,684
Arizona#74551 in 5,160
North Carolina#75061 in 6,642
Illinois#773121 in 6,461
New York#776191 in 6,264
California#826391 in 6,706
Georgia#83861 in 6,976
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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 Skye
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 50 spots since 2024 (#479 → #529)
  • 64 spots since 2020 (#465 → #529)
  • 145 spots since 2015 (#384 → #529)
  • Biggest jump: 455 spots in 1987 (#1,203 → #748)
  • Biggest drop: 50 spots in 2025 (#479 → #529)
Rise & fade · girls
62 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1952
  • Peaked 2014 at #367 (887 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 39 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1987–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,014
  • Highest: 1 in 2,014 girls born in 2014 were named Skye (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,825 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 30.7% of all girls named Skye (7,453) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s57#2,005 (1956)#3,589
1960s56#4,539 (1963)#5,573
1970s635#1,178 (1979)#1,827
1980s1,440#748 (1987)#1,120
1990s3,852#454 (1997)#615
2000s6,708#400 (2004)#452
2010s7,453#367 (2014)#426
2020s4,061#414 (2022)#460

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.

Skye in 1991

girls
#702
303 births · 1 in 6,188 girls
boys
#1,823
43 births · 1 in 46,984 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #702Skye303

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #1,823Skye43
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 6,188 of them was named Skye, which outranked 95.5% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Skye
  1. #699Isabella305
  2. #700Shanice304
  3. #700Terra304
  4. #702Skye303
  5. #702Cameron303
  6. #704Kaylin301
  7. #705Ali300
  8. #705Elissa300

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 46,984 of them was named Skye, which outranked 81.1% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Skye
  1. #1,798Shiloh44
  2. #1,798Tavares44
  3. #1,798Williams44
  4. #1,823Skye43
  5. #1,823Aarron43
  6. #1,823Allante43
  7. #1,823Anthoney43
  8. #1,867Ajay42
  9. #1,867Arman42
  10. #1,867Armond42

Tied with 43 names at #1,823; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →