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Skye
Pronounced /skaɪ/
Rank in 2024
#479
Born in 2024
642
Peak year
2014 · #367
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:63 in 2024 (#2,255)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 642 girls were named Skye, about 1 in every 2,513.
- It peaked in 2014 with 887 babies, ranked #367.
- It first shows up in the records in 1952.
- 23,684 girls have been named Skye since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Skye per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.4Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 86 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 766 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,609 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Gen Z: 10,230 babies, 0.35 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 8,993 babies, 0.44 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Derived from Scottish Gaelic An t-Eilean Sgitheanach, of long disputed (probably non-Indo-European substrate) origin, with several theories proposed and none widely accepted; see Etymology of Skye.
- A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, or a fanciful spelling of the word sky.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /skaɪ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Skye, CC BY-SA 4.0.