girls:
13.2k births since 1901
#1355 (76th percentile)
boys:
503 births since 1920
#4083 (11th percentile)
overall:
13.7k births since 1901
#2237 (71st percentile)
The name Kaye is the #2,237 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 13,677 recorded births since 1901. This represents the 71.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 71.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,355 (76.3% percentile) for all time with 13,174 births since 1901. For boys, it ranks #4,083 (10.9% percentile) for all time with 503 births since 1920.
Kaye first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1901 (1901 for girls and 1920 for boys). Birth data for Kaye is available in 117 out of the 123 years between 1901 and 2023 (117 years for girls and 30 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kaye has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.3% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Kaye reached its peak popularity in 1943, achieving the 51.9% percentile (ranked #302) with 331 births per million. The name was most common in 1943, with 331 births per million (ranked 51.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kaye ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 1.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kaye reached its peak popularity in 1932, achieving the 11.0% percentile (ranked #472) with 59 births per million. The name was most common in 1932, with 59 births per million (ranked 11.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1957.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kaye".
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