NameTides

Kye

Kye was the #1,366 boys' name in the US in 2025 (136 babies), and #1,613 in England & Wales and #1,642 in Canada.

Kye as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Kye as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Kye as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#1,366 (136)#1,613 (16)———#1,642 (13)—
2024#1,196 (171)#1,108 (26)#727 (3)——#1,507 (14)—
2023#940 (240)#1,108 (26)#728 (3)——#1,150 (19)—
2022#867 (277)#1,029 (28)———#944 (25)—
2021#887 (260)#1,055 (27)—#433 (3)—#910 (26)—
2020#815 (284)#601 (59)——#741 (3)#967 (23)—
2019#797 (288)#694 (48)#701 (3)——#1,065 (20)—
2018#760 (310)#619 (58)#595 (4)#416 (3)—#1,175 (17)—
2017#758 (310)#508 (78)#602 (4)#415 (3)—#1,194 (17)—
2016#693 (356)#501 (81)#592 (4)—#541 (5)#971 (23)—
2015#977 (211)#429 (96)#686 (3)—#615 (4)#1,266 (15)—
2014#1,102 (173)#326 (140)#336 (11)—#550 (5)#954 (23)—
2013#1,211 (148)#213 (249)#207 (23)#208 (10)#352 (11)#726 (33)—
2012#1,180 (154)#241 (209)#434 (7)——#904 (24)—
2011#1,149 (157)#267 (176)———#744 (31)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #693.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1956.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 17,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kye is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 18,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kye by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #711INOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #672TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: #450LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,135TXFlorida: #1,478FL
Kye (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5176

Kye (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KyeCanadaGirls—too few
KyeCanadaBoys#1,64213
KyeEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KyeEngland & WalesBoys#1,61316
KyeIrelandBoys—too few
KyeNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KyeNSWBoys—too few
KyeScotlandBoys—too few
KyeUSGirls#13,2086
KyeUSBoys#1,366136