How rare is the name Kye?

4,864 people in the United States have the first name Kye, about 1 in 62,095. It ranks #3,997 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

KYE

#3,997

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,864
About
1 in 62,095
This common or more
83.4%
Who bears it

Of the 4,864 people named Kye, 51.6% reported their origin as White, 17.3% as Black and 14.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 82.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kye peaked in 2016, when 369 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19562025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
369
In 2025*
142 ▼62%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,904 babies have been given the name since 1956. 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.

Kye by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,962. The largest share of babies named Kye, 56%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#10,39823
1960s#8,42459
1970s#7,646114
1980s#5,511249
1990s#4,315489
2000s#2,9591,186
2010s#1,9622,362
2020s#1,9951,422
Baby boom 1946–641.1%
Generation X 1965–802.5%
Millennials 1981–969.3%
Generation Z 1997–1231%
2013 and later56%

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 Kye is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kye has been most common in Louisiana (3.3×), Oklahoma (2.9×), and Texas (2.3×), and least common in New York (0.52×).

3,309 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.

Exactly as common as Kye

2 other first names also have 4,864 people.

#3,997 Melonie · 4,864#3,997 Mirella · 4,864

Either side of Kye

#3,995 Kalie · 4,872#3,996 Nelida · 4,865#3,997 Melonie · 4,864#3,997 Mirella · 4,864

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,989 Kya · 4,877#4,622 Ky · 3,972#9,332 Kyu · 1,495#17,700 Kyi · 618#23,590 Kyo · 414

Also a last name

As a last name, Kye ranks #36,002 of 156,621, with 670 people. See Kye as a last name

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