NameTides

Sky

Sky was the #948 girls' name in the US in 2025 (272 babies), and #922 in England & Wales and #1,218 in Canada.

Sky as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Sky as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Sky as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#948 (272)#922 (38)———#1,218 (21)
2024#826 (333)#1,036 (33)#638 (4)—#898 (3)#1,291 (19)
2023#782 (360)#941 (37)——#555 (6)#1,203 (20)
2022#736 (396)#826 (43)——#905 (3)#1,252 (19)
2021#710 (405)#709 (53)——#883 (3)#974 (28)
2020#803 (337)#807 (45)—#397 (3)#700 (4)#901 (30)
2019#810 (337)#864 (42)———#1,231 (20)
2018#860 (315)#843 (44)#809 (3)—#896 (3)#1,164 (21)
2017#813 (335)#666 (62)———#949 (28)
2016#776 (366)#605 (70)———#1,463 (16)
2015#771 (367)#686 (59)#566 (5)—#751 (4)#1,043 (24)
2014#725 (386)#486 (87)#802 (3)——#894 (30)
2013#872 (296)#575 (71)#564 (5)——#1,091 (23)
2012#849 (314)#470 (95)#665 (4)——#2,158 (9)
2011#970 (264)#404 (111)#515 (6)——#1,672 (13)

Sky as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Sky as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Sky as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,654 (101)#1,466 (18)#1,565 (14)
2024#1,673 (100)#2,089 (11)#2,238 (8)
2023#1,640 (105)#1,701 (14)#1,283 (16)
2022#1,559 (114)#2,530 (8)#1,557 (12)
2021#1,658 (100)#3,017 (6)#1,478 (13)
2020#1,655 (96)#3,334 (5)#1,382 (14)
2019#1,713 (92)#2,488 (8)#1,530 (12)
2018#1,744 (88)#4,749 (3)#1,983 (8)
2017#1,717 (91)#3,040 (6)#1,349 (14)
2016#1,774 (86)#2,804 (7)#1,069 (20)
2015#1,790 (84)#3,373 (5)#1,122 (18)
2014#1,375 (124)#2,964 (6)#2,133 (7)
2013#1,605 (96)#3,315 (5)#2,086 (7)
2012#1,602 (97)#3,039 (6)#1,403 (13)
2011#1,835 (77)#2,892 (6)#1,802 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #710.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1958.
  • In 2025, 73% of US babies named Sky were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,900 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,700uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,100uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 17,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Sky is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,500 to 1 in 6,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sky by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: 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: #852ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #829NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #959OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #700CAUtah: #490UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: 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: #983TNNorth Carolina: #973NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #597LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #560GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,006TXFlorida: #674FL
Sky (girls) 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
Quebec2025#5408
Ontario2024#1,10010

Sky (girls): 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
SkyCanadaGirls#1,21821
SkyCanadaBoys#1,56514
SkyEngland & WalesGirls#92238
SkyEngland & WalesBoys#1,46618
SkyIrelandGirls—too few
SkyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SkyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SkyScotlandGirls—too few
SkyUSGirls#948272
SkyUSBoys#1,654101