Mostly girls · peaked in 2014
Skye name popularity since 1925
27,165 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Skye (89.3% girls, 10.7% boys). Half of them were born in 2008 or earlier, so the typical Skye is about 18 years old in 2026. Skye peaked in 2014 as the #368 name for girls, and it ranked #532 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 27,165
- Named Skye, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #532
- for girls in 2025 (569 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 89.3% girls
- 24,262 girls · 2,903 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.24× its national share
Peak year is the year Skye made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Skye births per year, 1925–2025
2014 was the biggest year for Skye both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1985 and 1990, Skye became 2.8× more common, from 1 in 17,200 baby girls to 1 in 6,160.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Skye's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Skye.
Decade by decade
Babies named Skye in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 57 | 7 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 56 | 0 | #7,381 |
| 1970s | 635 | 226 | #1,476 |
| 1980s | 1,440 | 397 | #1,331 |
| 1990s | 3,852 | 643 | #628 |
| 2000s | 6,708 | 652 | #422 |
| 2010s | 7,453 | 605 | #384 |
| 2020–25 | 4,061 | 373 | #532 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
41.6% of babies named Skye from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Skye is most popular
The index compares Skye's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Skye.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.24× | 432 |
| Florida | 2.05× | 1,684 |
| Arizona | 1.54× | 453 |
| Maryland | 1.46× | 506 |
| Washington | 1.43× | 543 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Skye's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Skye.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Skye (2014).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data