girls:
9.1k births since 1958
#1692 (70th percentile)
boys:
4k births since 1953
#1939 (58th percentile)
overall:
13.1k births since 1953
#2294 (70th percentile)
The name Sky is the #2,294 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 13,132 recorded births since 1953. This represents the 70.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 70.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,692 (70.4% percentile) for all time with 9,131 births since 1958. For boys, it ranks #1,939 (57.7% percentile) for all time with 4,001 births since 1953.
Sky first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1953 (1953 for boys and 1958 for girls).
The name Sky has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (69.5% of all recorded births). In 2023, 77.3% of babies named Sky were girls. Interestingly, until around 1990, the name was more popular for boys (65.8% boys from 1953 to 1989), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (74.8% girls from 1990 to 2023).
For girls, Sky reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 39.6% percentile (ranked #566) with 226 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 226 births per million (ranked 39.6% percentile). Despite a peak around 2018, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Sky ranks #613 for girls (35.3% percentile) with 205 births per million, which is 90.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Sky reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 13.2% percentile (ranked #785) with 61 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 61 births per million (ranked 13.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Sky ranks #811 for boys (11.0% percentile) with 57 births per million, which is 94.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sky".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Sky. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Sky is pronounced as skai, which has 1 syllables.
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