NameTides

Skye

Skye was the #529 girls' name in the US in 2025 (569 babies), and #219 in England & Wales and #533 in Canada.

Skye as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Skye as a girl’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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesIrelandCanadaUS
Skye as a girl’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.02.557.5101880192019602000
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#529 (569)#219 (214)#60 (67)#231 (7)#273 (15)#533 (57)—
2024#479 (644)#202 (245)#45 (83)#288 (5)#275 (15)#442 (68)—
2023#445 (687)#184 (277)#53 (78)#264 (6)#168 (28)#428 (68)—
2022#414 (760)#188 (269)#45 (94)#243 (7)#266 (16)#423 (71)—
2021#428 (737)#167 (309)#35 (118)#266 (6)#251 (18)#406 (79)—
2020#465 (664)#167 (303)#55 (80)#192 (9)#220 (20)#359 (88)—
2019#419 (753)#161 (311)#42 (100)#336 (4)#201 (24)#362 (89)—
2018#414 (748)#134 (391)#44 (108)#208 (9)#209 (24)#364 (90)—
2017#422 (752)#124 (449)#38 (120)#215 (8)#199 (26)#404 (83)—
2016#417 (797)#121 (482)#39 (114)#159 (14)#181 (29)#405 (84)—
2015#384 (856)#115 (502)#33 (144)#123 (19)#204 (26)#323 (104)—
2014#367 (887)#109 (518)#35 (130)#191 (10)#229 (22)#362 (93)—
2013#424 (718)#91 (595)#41 (125)#234 (8)#254 (20)#502 (61)#91 (74)
2012#446 (703)#86 (666)#45 (130)#115 (20)#208 (27)#441 (72)#99 (72)
2011#475 (624)#84 (717)#48 (120)#135 (17)#266 (19)#567 (51)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #367.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1952.
  • In 2025, 91% of US babies named Skye were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,800 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 2,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 270common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Skye is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,600 to 1 in 3,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Skye by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #430WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #597MNIllinois: #709ILMichigan: #457MINew York: #496NYMassachusetts: #444MAOregon: #429ORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #345INOhio: #622OHPennsylvania: #466PANew Jersey: #447NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #487CAUtah: #330UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #589MOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #396VAMaryland: #511MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #515AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #445KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #813TNNorth Carolina: #634NCSouth Carolina: #403SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: #369LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #560GAHawaii: #92HITexas: #640TXFlorida: #443FL
Skye (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#36214
Ontario2024#56422

Skye (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
SkyeCanadaGirls#53357
SkyeCanadaBoys#1,94410
SkyeEngland & WalesGirls#219214
SkyeEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
SkyeIrelandGirls#27315
SkyeNorthern IrelandGirls#2317
SkyeNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SkyeNSWGirls—too few
SkyeScotlandGirls#6067
SkyeScotlandBoys—too few
SkyeUSGirls#529569
SkyeUSBoys#2,33259