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Kay
Pronounced /ˈkeɪ/
Rank in 2024
#6,310
Born in 2024
14
Peak year
1934 · #447
Origin
Welsh
Also recorded for girls:38 in 2024 (#3,912)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 14 boys were named Kay, about 1 in every 122,522.
- It peaked in 1934 with 159 babies, ranked #447.
- It first shows up in the records in 1882.
- 3,914 boys 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.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 920 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Silent: 2,004 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Boomers: 620 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 125 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 92 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 23 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 96 babies, 0.00 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.