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Ky

#3,622 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Possibly boomerang, through Kylie

Ky has been given to 1,659 babies in the U.S. since 1950. In 2025 it ranked #3,622 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1992, with 42 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 91% boys, 9% girls all-time.

Babies named Ky, 2025

1 in 107,000

Ky over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ky over time

In 2025, Ky went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19502025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ky: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly boomerang, through Kylie

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ky means

Ky belongs to the name family reached through Ky → Kylie. Its meaning is “boomerang”.

Origin, language, and formation

Ky is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kylie, Kylee and Kyleigh.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,505 boys were recorded with the name Ky between 1950 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 42 in 1992; its best national rank was #1,773 in 1987.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,089 in 2020 to #3,622 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,239 in 2015 to #3,622 in 2025.

In the United States, 154 girls were recorded with the name Ky between 1969 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1998; its best national rank was #7,906 in 1973.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ky?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 107,000
31 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 55,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,622
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
74,127 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ky sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 74,127 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ky. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ky was born before 1998 — so the typical Ky is around 27 today.

Median birth year
1998
About 27 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
19.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
45.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,505
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 19.8% of all recorded uses (298).

Is Ky rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+650
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+467
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+617
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.29×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
73.8%
Peak was 1992 (42)
Years since peak
33
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,773
1987

Where Ky is used

Across 1910–2025, Ky was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 270,168 across all states with data. It was least common in Oklahoma (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ky has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ky around the world

Where Ky ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2012
    #3,987
    in 2012
  • France
    1983–1983
    #2,851
    in 1983
  • Canada
    1995–2005
    #2,303
    in 2005
  • South Australia
    1974–2013
    #389
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ky by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,622
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 467
Best rank ever
#1,773
1987
Peak year
1992
42 that year
First recorded
1950
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,505
Count in 2025
31

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,906
1973
Peak year
1998
9 that year
First recorded
1969
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
154
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ky

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Ky

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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