first name
SKY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 11,558 people named Sky, 44.9% reported their origin as White, 17.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 16.5% as Black. 67.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Sky peaked in 2014, when 510 babies got the name.
At least 13,948 babies have been given the name since 1953. 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.
Sky by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,263. The largest share of babies named Sky, 41.5%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Sky is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sky has been most common in Florida (2.8×), California (2.6×), and Nevada (2×), and least common in Alabama (0.2×).
8,949 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 Sky
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sky, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Sky ranks #33,925 of 156,621, with 721 people. See Sky as a last name
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