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Kay
Pronounced /ˈkeɪ/
Rank in 2024
#3,912
Born in 2024
38
Peak year
1942 · #75
Origin
Welsh
Also recorded for boys:14 in 2024 (#6,310)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 38 girls were named Kay, about 1 in every 42,452.
- It peaked in 1942 with 3,623 babies, ranked #75.
- It first shows up in the records in 1885.
- 98,583 girls have been named Kay since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Kay per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- 1.8Silent1928–45
- 1.3Boomers1946–64
- 0.3Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 4,823 babies, 0.24 per 1,000. Silent: 37,824 babies, 1.83 per 1,000. Boomers: 45,883 babies, 1.28 per 1,000. Gen X: 6,393 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,915 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Z: 991 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 575 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
- A male given name from Welsh, derived from the surnames, or from a rare medieval given name (as the Sir Kay of Arthurian legend), Welsh Cai, Latinized as Caius, related to the modern male name Kai.
- A female given name, a short form of Katherine and other female names beginning with a "K"; popular as a middle name.
- Origin
- Welsh
- Say it
- /ˈkeɪ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Kay, CC BY-SA 4.0.