How rare is the name Kaye?

10,908 people in the United States have the first name Kaye, about 1 in 27,689. It ranks #2,332 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KAYE

#2,332

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,908
About
1 in 27,689
This common or more
79.4%
Who bears it

Of the 10,908 people named Kaye, 85.9% reported their origin as White, 7.4% as Black and 3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 97.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kaye peaked in 1947, when 547 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19012025
Peak year
1947
Births that year
547
In 2025*
18 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 13,707 babies have been given the name since 1901. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kaye by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #641. The largest share of babies named Kaye, 49.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1900s#3,69518
1910s#2,846181
1920s#2,403355
1930s#8971,770
1940s#6414,414
1950s#8553,570
1960s#1,2482,008
1970s#2,996495
1980s#4,129374
1990s#7,856209
2000s#13,110138
2010s#16,649101
2020s#14,16474
Greatest Generation 1901–273.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4532%
Baby boom 1946–6449.3%
Generation X 1965–808.9%
Millennials 1981–963.5%
Generation Z 1997–121.6%
2013 and later1.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kaye is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kaye has been most common in Utah (5.6×), Idaho (3.2×), and Wisconsin (2.7×), and least common in New York (0.3×).

9,974 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Kaye

#2,330 Percy · 10,913#2,331 Carlee · 10,909#2,333 Augustus · 10,907#2,333 Nelda · 10,907

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kaye, most common first.

#684 Kay · 77,013#2,625 Kaya · 9,062#10,600 Kae · 1,246#14,701 Kayo · 797#38,650 Kayee · 198

Also a last name

As a last name, Kaye ranks #4,159 of 156,621, with 8,244 people. See Kaye as a last name

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