first name
SKYE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 20,357 people named Skye, 54.7% reported their origin as White, 18.3% as Black and 12.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 88.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Skye peaked in 2014, when 946 babies got the name.
At least 27,165 babies have been given the name since 1952. 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.
Skye by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #779. The largest share of babies named Skye, 41.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Skye is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Skye has been most common in Hawaii (4×), Nevada (3.1×), and Utah (2.3×), and least common in Mississippi (0.24×).
22,436 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 Skye
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Skye, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Skye ranks #38,554 of 156,621, with 618 people. See Skye as a last name
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