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Skye Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Skye?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Skye, ranked the 416th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 500 most popular, Skye has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Its highest popularity ranking of #367 was reached in 2014 with 886 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Skye was less than 5, most recently in 1968.

Skye, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1969-1979, 1984-1990, 1993-1997, 1999-2003, and 2011-2014.

Sometimes the name Skye has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

For a number of years, the name Skye has been moving upward in popularity. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Skye for their newborn has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Skye?

Skye's popularity is at a very high point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Skye still has a solid footing and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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   Skye (Girl)Skye (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 741 416 45 2,731
2017 746 426 59 2,256
2016 795 417 71 2,023
2015 855 384 59 2,267
2014 886 367 59 2,270
2013 715 425 55 2,326
2012 702 445 57 2,285
2011 622 477 56 2,309
2010 613 492 85 1,764
2009 623 493 74 1,938
2008 623 501 63 2,155
2007 680 473 71 1,992
2006 740 431 63 2,094
2005 733 424 77 1,735
2004 760 400 46 2,446
2003 727 415 66 1,812
2002 648 445 50 2,147
2001 602 461 56 1,951
2000 566 480 86 1,447
1999 507 510 69 1,591
1998 516 493 74 1,501
1997 557 454 82 1,363
1996 396 580 85 1,300
1995 349 628 77 1,349
1994 308 684 58 1,603
1993 313 693 51 1,718
1992 295 725 53 1,656
1991 303 702 43 1,862
1990 308 689 51 1,635
1989 241 793 43 1,791
1988 240 788 44 1,640
1987 240 748 45 1,583
1986 116 1,208 42 1,581
1985 100 1,331 24 2,286
1984 88 1,360 27 2,027
1983 109 1,192 39 1,560
1982 109 1,226 45 1,438
1981 94 1,337 50 1,330
1980 104 1,260 38 1,588
1979 112 1,182 49 1,337
1978 77 1,485 24 2,062
1977 89 1,312 26 1,941
1976 80 1,351 26 1,924
1975 70 1,475 26 1,875
1974 72 1,423 21 2,118
1973 41 2,010 27 1,729
1972 45 1,885 17 2,315
1971 36 2,239 5 5,553
1970 14 4,227 5 5,338
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1965 5 7,378 < 5 --
1964 8 5,412 < 5 --
1963 9 4,852 < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.