girls:
335 births since 1960
#5381 (6th percentile)
boys:
5.2k births since 1956
#1650 (64th percentile)
overall:
5.6k births since 1956
#3636 (53rd percentile)
The name Kye is the #3,636 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,584 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 53.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 53.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,650 (64.0% percentile) for all time with 5,249 births since 1956. For girls, it ranks #5,381 (5.8% percentile) for all time with 335 births since 1960.
Kye first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (1956 for boys and 1960 for girls). Birth data for Kye is available in 65 out of the 68 years between 1956 and 2023 (65 years for boys and 32 years for girls). 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 Kye has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.0% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Kye reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 35.3% percentile (ranked #596) with 176 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 176 births per million (ranked 35.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kye ranks #678 for boys (25.6% percentile) with 131 births per million, which is 74.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kye reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #932) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Despite a low point in 2019, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Kye ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 49.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kye".
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