How popular is the name Sky?

Sky ranks 1,293rd among boys' names in US records, with 6,945 births since 1953. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,560.

Is Sky a unisex name?

No. Sky is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2014, when 183 children were given the name. It has been in use for 72 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Skye. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,293 of boy names

Pronounced S K AY1 (ARPABET)

Sky is a boys' name, and first appears in 1953. It has been given to 6,945 children — the 1,293rd most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2014, when 183 children were given it.

Skye is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Sky and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Sky?: Sky ranks 1,293rd among boys' names in US records, with 6,945 births since 1953. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,560.
Is Sky a unisex name?: No. Sky is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Sky most popular?: 2014, when 183 children were given the name. It has been in use for 72 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Sky spelled?: Skye. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.