Kaye
Girl · KAY · Greek
Kaye is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Kaye mean?
Greek: pet form of Katherine and other names beginning with K
As a girl's name it began as a pet form of Katherine and other K- names.
- Say it
- KAY
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kaye a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaye is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaye in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kaye in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Kaye in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Kaye in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Kaye, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1947, with 538 girls. It first appears in the records in 1901.
2025 had more girls named Kaye than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Kaye in the US since 1880 were born between 1943 and 1960, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1957, 99% of the babies named Kaye in the US were girls.
Kaye in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,518 |
| 1989 | 30 | #3,396 |
| 1988 | 43 | #2,484 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,166 |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,972 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,083 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,143 |
| 1983 | 42 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 45 | #2,220 |
| 1981 | 46 | #2,195 |
| 1980 | 52 | #2,014 |
| 1979 | 33 | #2,671 |
| 1978 | 40 | #2,269 |
| 1977 | 32 | #2,606 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,210 |
| 1975 | 39 | #2,169 |
| 1974 | 38 | #2,133 |
| 1973 | 51 | #1,732 |
| 1972 | 59 | #1,565 |
| 1971 | 75 | #1,405 |
| 1970 | 90 | #1,238 |
| 1969 | 130 | #932 |
| 1968 | 119 | #950 |
| 1967 | 135 | #876 |
| 1966 | 118 | #929 |
| 1965 | 170 | #759 |
| 1964 | 217 | #703 |
| 1963 | 235 | #660 |
| 1962 | 278 | #599 |
| 1961 | 315 | #561 |
| 1960 | 291 | #578 |
| 1959 | 262 | #613 |
| 1958 | 332 | #529 |
| 1957 | 342 | #515 |
| 1956 | 350 | #499 |
| 1955 | 347 | #486 |
| 1954 | 388 | #446 |
| 1953 | 361 | #454 |
| 1952 | 374 | #443 |
| 1951 | 417 | #405 |
| 1950 | 364 | #417 |
| 1949 | 387 | #405 |
| 1948 | 428 | #384 |
| 1947 | 538 | #344 |
| 1946 | 479 | #342 |
| 1945 | 443 | #323 |
| 1944 | 443 | #323 |
| 1943 | 475 | #322 |
| 1942 | 397 | #351 |
| 1941 | 389 | #335 |
| 1940 | 355 | #340 |
| 1939 | 323 | #362 |
| 1938 | 267 | #411 |
| 1937 | 241 | #416 |
| 1936 | 189 | #467 |
| 1935 | 119 | #597 |
| 1934 | 99 | #671 |
| 1933 | 66 | #820 |
| 1932 | 55 | #953 |
| 1931 | 49 | #995 |
| 1930 | 34 | #1,289 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,190 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,636 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,668 |
| 1926 | 40 | #1,220 |
| 1925 | 35 | #1,347 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,612 |
| 1923 | 36 | #1,305 |
| 1922 | 30 | #1,508 |
| 1921 | 34 | #1,374 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,666 |
| 1919 | 34 | #1,325 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,754 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,922 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,408 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,963 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,740 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,405 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,178 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
Names like Kaye
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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