Skye
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SKY
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #193 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #529 for girls
Big in Scotland
Skye is a girls' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 193rd for girls in the UK (288 babies) and 529th for girls in the US (569 babies).
What does Skye mean?
Scottish: from the Isle of Skye
Named after the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides, whose own name is of uncertain origin.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Skye a girl's or a boy's name?
Skye is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 288 girls and 7 boys in the UK and 569 girls and 59 boys in the US.
How popular is Skye in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #193among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 288about 1 in 970 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.4%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 288 girls in the UK were named Skye, making it the 193rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 149th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 1,143 girls. 7 boys were also named Skye in 2025 (3,021st for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Skye than any year since 1998.
Half of all the girls named Skye in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 326 girls in the UK were given Skye or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #196.
- Skye 288
- Sky 38
Among girls in 2025, it was 219th in England and Wales, 60th in Scotland and 231st in Northern Ireland.
Skye in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 288 | #193 |
| 2024 | 333 | #173 |
| 2023 | 361 | #158 |
| 2022 | 370 | #153 |
| 2021 | 433 | #129 |
| 2020 | 392 | #149 |
| 2019 | 415 | #139 |
| 2018 | 508 | #119 |
| 2017 | 577 | #108 |
| 2016 | 610 | #107 |
| 2015 | 665 | #98 |
| 2014 | 658 | #97 |
| 2013 | 728 | #84 |
| 2012 | 816 | #81 |
| 2011 | 854 | #82 |
| 2010 | 997 | #72 |
| 2009 | 1,071 | #69 |
| 2008 | 1,029 | #74 |
| 2007 | 1,143 | #61 |
| 2006 | 947 | #74 |
| 2005 | 768 | #79 |
| 2004 | 589 | #100 |
| 2003 | 510 | #112 |
| 2002 | 461 | #117 |
| 2001 | 373 | #138 |
| 2000 | 356 | #146 |
| 1999 | 333 | #158 |
| 1998 | 237 | #203 |
| 1997 | 205 | #227 |
| 1996 | 159 | #262 |
How popular is Skye in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #529among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 569about 1 in 2,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 569 girls in the US were named Skye, making it the 529th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 465th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 887 girls. It first appears in the records in 1952. 59 boys were also named Skye in 2025 (2,332nd for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Skye than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Skye in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 918 girls in the US were given Skye or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #361, up from #529 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 91% of the babies named Skye in the US were girls.
Skye in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 569 | #529 |
| 2024 | 644 | #479 |
| 2023 | 687 | #445 |
| 2022 | 760 | #414 |
| 2021 | 737 | #428 |
| 2020 | 664 | #465 |
| 2019 | 753 | #419 |
| 2018 | 748 | #414 |
| 2017 | 752 | #422 |
| 2016 | 797 | #417 |
| 2015 | 856 | #384 |
| 2014 | 887 | #367 |
| 2013 | 718 | #424 |
| 2012 | 703 | #446 |
| 2011 | 624 | #475 |
| 2010 | 615 | #492 |
| 2009 | 627 | #490 |
| 2008 | 623 | #501 |
| 2007 | 681 | #471 |
| 2006 | 740 | #431 |
| 2005 | 734 | #422 |
| 2004 | 760 | #400 |
| 2003 | 727 | #414 |
| 2002 | 648 | #446 |
| 2001 | 602 | #461 |
| 2000 | 566 | #480 |
| 1999 | 507 | #509 |
| 1998 | 516 | #491 |
| 1997 | 557 | #454 |
| 1996 | 396 | #580 |
| 1995 | 349 | #628 |
| 1994 | 308 | #682 |
| 1993 | 313 | #690 |
| 1992 | 295 | #724 |
| 1991 | 303 | #702 |
| 1990 | 308 | #687 |
| 1989 | 241 | #787 |
| 1988 | 240 | #784 |
| 1987 | 240 | #748 |
| 1986 | 116 | #1,203 |
| 1985 | 100 | #1,323 |
| 1984 | 88 | #1,355 |
| 1983 | 108 | #1,194 |
| 1982 | 110 | #1,213 |
| 1981 | 94 | #1,328 |
| 1980 | 103 | #1,260 |
| 1979 | 112 | #1,178 |
| 1978 | 77 | #1,473 |
| 1977 | 88 | #1,315 |
| 1976 | 80 | #1,343 |
| 1975 | 70 | #1,459 |
| 1974 | 72 | #1,414 |
| 1973 | 41 | #1,979 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,856 |
| 1971 | 36 | #2,212 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1956 | 29 | #2,004 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
Names like Skye
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Scarlett Summer Jasmine Sienna Sylvie Amelie Mia Eden Aoife Maeve Maddison Gabriella
Other spellings of Skye
Names related to Skye
More Scottish names
Isla Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Knox Dallas
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, “Skye: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/skye, updated 20 October 2026.