Skai
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SKY
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,607 for girls
Skai is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “sky”. In 2025 it ranked 2,607th for girls in the US (66 babies).
What does Skai mean?
English: spelling of Sky
“sky”
Sky comes from Old Norse ský, which meant 'cloud'.
Is Skai a girl's or a boy's name?
Skai is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 66 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Skai in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 4 girls.
Skai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Skai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,607among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 66about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were named Skai, making it the 2,607th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,682nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 92 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993. 7 boys were also named Skai in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Skai than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Skai in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 918 girls in the US were given Skai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #361, up from #2,607 for this spelling alone.
Skai in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,607 |
| 2024 | 71 | #2,508 |
| 2023 | 85 | #2,210 |
| 2022 | 86 | #2,193 |
| 2021 | 92 | #2,071 |
| 2020 | 62 | #2,682 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,729 |
| 2018 | 59 | #2,840 |
| 2017 | 61 | #2,779 |
| 2016 | 77 | #2,412 |
| 2015 | 57 | #3,001 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2013 | 52 | #3,122 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
Names like Skai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wren Poppy Remi River Noa Saoirse Harper Minha Maeve Suki Willow Yusra
Other spellings of Skai
Names related to Skai
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Skai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/skai, updated 20 October 2026.