girls:
917 births since 1993
#4799 (16th percentile)
boys:
69 births since 2003
#4517 (1st percentile)
overall:
986 births since 1993
#6753 (13th percentile)
The name Skai is the #6,753 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 986 recorded births since 1993. This represents the 12.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,799 (16.0% percentile) for all time with 917 births since 1993. For boys, it ranks #4,517 (1.4% percentile) for all time with 69 births since 2003.
Skai first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1993 (1993 for girls and 2003 for boys). Birth data for Skai is available in 27 out of the 31 years between 1993 and 2023 (27 years for girls and 10 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 Skai has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 91.4% of babies named Skai were girls.
For girls, Skai reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 9.3% percentile (ranked #849) with 51 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 51 births per million (ranked 9.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Skai ranks #867 for girls (8.5% percentile) with 49 births per million, which is 94.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Skai reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #924) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Skai ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 74.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Skai".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Skai. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.5% confident that Skai is pronounced as skai, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is skay, at 10.5% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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