How rare is the name Ky?

3,972 people in the United States have the first name Ky, about 1 in 76,040. It ranks #4,622 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KY

#4,622

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,972
About
1 in 76,040
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,972 people named Ky, 53.7% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 26.8% as White and 11.1% as Black. 73.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ky peaked in 1990, when 48 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19502025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
48
In 2025*
31 ▼35%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,659 babies have been given the name since 1950. 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.

Ky by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #5,446. The largest share of babies named Ky, 29.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1950s#9,59430
1960s#7,75970
1970s#5,976168
1980s#5,446254
1990s#5,495344
2000s#7,895284
2010s#7,696317
2020s#7,572192
Baby boom 1946–643.2%
Generation X 1965–8013.9%
Millennials 1981–9629.4%
Generation Z 1997–1228%
2013 and later25.5%

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.

Exactly as common as Ky

1 other first name also has 3,972 people.

#4,622 Gema · 3,972

Either side of Ky

#4,620 Ryne · 3,975#4,622 Gema · 3,972#4,624 Adolph · 3,971#4,625 Kyndal · 3,967

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,989 Kya · 4,877#3,997 Kye · 4,864#9,332 Kyu · 1,495#17,700 Kyi · 618#23,590 Kyo · 414

Also a last name

As a last name, Ky ranks #24,083 of 156,621, with 1,084 people. See Ky as a last name

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