Kye
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Kye is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 1,366th for boys in the US (136 babies).
What does Kye mean?
Modern: probably a respelling of Kai
Probably a respelling of Kai, a name with several independent sources, including Welsh Cai and Hawaiian kai.
- Say it
- KY
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Is Kye a girl's or a boy's name?
Kye is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 136 boys in the US.
How popular is Kye in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,686among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Kye, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 642nd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 282 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Kye since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Kye in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 909 boys in the UK were given Kye or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #64, up from #1,686 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Kye in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 29 | #1,085 |
| 2023 | 29 | #1,098 |
| 2022 | 30 | #1,070 |
| 2021 | 32 | #1,017 |
| 2020 | 61 | #642 |
| 2019 | 51 | #728 |
| 2018 | 65 | #621 |
| 2017 | 85 | #524 |
| 2016 | 85 | #523 |
| 2015 | 99 | #459 |
| 2014 | 151 | #337 |
| 2013 | 282 | #215 |
| 2012 | 216 | #255 |
| 2011 | 178 | #291 |
| 2010 | 190 | #280 |
| 2009 | 246 | #220 |
| 2008 | 240 | #216 |
| 2007 | 279 | #193 |
| 2006 | 262 | #189 |
| 2005 | 198 | #213 |
| 2004 | 233 | #190 |
| 2003 | 195 | #210 |
| 2002 | 196 | #198 |
| 2001 | 180 | #203 |
| 2000 | 133 | #243 |
| 1999 | 109 | #292 |
| 1998 | 135 | #248 |
| 1997 | 132 | #254 |
| 1996 | 59 | #395 |
How popular is Kye in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,366among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 136about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 136 boys in the US were named Kye, making it the 1,366th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 815th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 356 boys. It first appears in the records in 1956. 6 girls were also named Kye in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Kye than any year since 2008.
Half of all the boys named Kye in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,193 boys in the US were given Kye or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #90, up from #1,366 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 4% of the babies named Kye in the US were girls.
Kye in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 136 | #1,366 |
| 2024 | 171 | #1,196 |
| 2023 | 240 | #940 |
| 2022 | 277 | #867 |
| 2021 | 260 | #887 |
| 2020 | 284 | #815 |
| 2019 | 288 | #797 |
| 2018 | 310 | #760 |
| 2017 | 310 | #758 |
| 2016 | 356 | #693 |
| 2015 | 211 | #977 |
| 2014 | 173 | #1,102 |
| 2013 | 148 | #1,211 |
| 2012 | 154 | #1,180 |
| 2011 | 157 | #1,149 |
| 2010 | 148 | #1,206 |
| 2009 | 150 | #1,202 |
| 2008 | 122 | #1,389 |
| 2007 | 123 | #1,359 |
| 2006 | 108 | #1,438 |
| 2005 | 127 | #1,244 |
| 2004 | 94 | #1,458 |
| 2003 | 105 | #1,318 |
| 2002 | 109 | #1,241 |
| 2001 | 71 | #1,644 |
| 2000 | 74 | #1,581 |
| 1999 | 51 | #1,900 |
| 1998 | 41 | #2,196 |
| 1997 | 46 | #1,961 |
| 1996 | 35 | #2,294 |
| 1995 | 45 | #1,882 |
| 1994 | 42 | #1,972 |
| 1993 | 43 | #1,902 |
| 1992 | 42 | #1,909 |
| 1991 | 44 | #1,792 |
| 1990 | 34 | #2,123 |
| 1989 | 35 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 33 | #1,944 |
| 1987 | 35 | #1,826 |
| 1986 | 26 | #2,159 |
| 1985 | 27 | #2,070 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,528 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,207 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
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